A great morning this morning in "classic" Red Rocks conditions. Warblers were moving through all morning and there was a significant overnight arrival. Also plenty of overhead passage.
Most prominent were
Grasshopper Warblers. There were 4 singing birds and I also saw 4 non-singing birds at various times. There were a minimum of 6 birds present and possbily more.
Reed Warblers have increased from 5 to 7 birds on territory and my first three
Sedge Warblers were also singing. Three
Blackcaps, three
Whitethroats and 17
Willow Warblers completed the warblers. At about 6.30 an imm male
Ring Ouzel flew up the gardens and dropped into the superbowl. Itwas still audible there some hours later. There was just a single
Wheatear present at first light, but more arrived at 8am,including at lease one
Greenland Wheatear.
6
Tree Pipits and 3
Yellow Wagtails were the highlight of the overhead, passage which also included 48
Redpolls 1
siskin and a Brambling 3 times (or 3). Hirundines started to move later in the morning and had reached 5
Sand Martins and 12
Swallows by 9am. Also2 White Wagtails, and a Tree Sparrow. Larger birds included Two
Rooks, 5
Jackdaws and just 27
Woodpigeons. Finally a
Grey Heron came in off.
This is one of the more prominent Grasshopper Warblers - in the northern edge of the Wryneck hollow.
https://picasaweb.google.com/JaneEl...key=Gv1sRgCKPNzcelmZ_11wE#5596840785246661938
Also a dodgy photo of one and a Wheatear going the Greenland trick of sitting in a tree.