A surge of visible migration at the Gap saw 3619 Meadow Pipits south, supported by an Osprey, 420 Siskins and 99 House Martins all south among others (as always see Trektellen.org for full counts). Today’s other star birds were the adult and juvenile Roseate Terns on the Brigg End in the evening, accompanied by 25 […]
The stand-out highlight was undoubtedly the Nightjar which roosted in a private garden, just the seventh record for Filey. Otherwise quiet with a Hobby, a Manx Shearwater, two Arctic Skuas and 50 Meadow Pipits through the Gap this morning, a Bar-tailed Godwit in the Bay Corner, and 31 Grey Seals and one Common Seal in […]
The stand-out highlight was undoubtedly the Nightjar which roosted in a private garden, just the seventh record for Filey. Otherwise quiet with a Hobby, a Manx Shearwater, two Arctic Skuas and 50 Meadow Pipits through the Gap this morning, a Bar-tailed Godwit in the Bay Corner, and 31 Grey Seals and one Common Seal in […]
A surge of hirundines late morning was the main story of the day, with over 500 (453s, 62n) counted through Reighton Sands between 1000-1145hrs, and a further 86n through Gristhorpe Bay earlier. A late Swift, 120 Swallows, four Mute Swans and a Ruff were further highlights from the former site, with two Golden Plovers at […]
A Velvet Scoter, a Bonxie, four Manx Shearwaters over the sea and 40 Meadow Pipits, 64 Swallows and a Siskin over the land were the best of the Gap vismig, while a Whinchat, a Wheatear, 50 Goldfinch and 70 Linnets were at Gristhorpe Bay. Three Little Gulls, two Bonxies and 26 Manx Shearwaters were the […]
Another productive day on the sea was the first of the year to yield all four skua species, with two Pomarines south and a juvenile Long-tailed dip-feeding off the Brigg in the early afternoon as well as 10 Great and 18 Arctics. Six Little Gulls, a Balearic Shearwater, 95 Manx and two Sooty Shearwaters were […]
Totals from six hours seawatching included two Balearic Shearwaters, a Pomarine Skua, 14 Great Skuas, nine Arctic Skuas, six Pintail, 200 Manx and eight Sooty Shearwaters, over 3000 Gannets, 100 Teal, a Mediterranean Gull and a Bar-tailed Godwit. Three Wheatears appeared on the Brigg and a Greenshank was on Carr Naze Pond. Smaller numbers of […]
A Short-eared Owl roamed the Top Fields this morning, while 11 Flava wagtails, 82 Swallows and 173 House Martins were the pick of vismig at the Gap. Ringing on the Brigg in the early hours was very successful, with various wader species ringed including several Purple Sandpipers. Yesterday (1st), counts from North Cliff included 162 […]
A productive sea yielded two Roseate Terns, two Velvet Scoters, three Sooty Shearwaters, five Bonxies, two Pomarine Skuas and 80 Common Scoters past this morning, as well as 5500 Gannets (and a Sooty) past the Gap. Yesterday (30th), a Black Tern, a Hobby, a Pomarine Skua and 50 Common Terns were the best of the […]
The last couple of days have been notable mainly for the big numbers of seabirds in feeding frenzies along our coast from North Cliff to Reighton, consisting of several thousand Kittiwakes and hundreds of terns. Of the latter, two Black Terns were inshore off the Gap today (in what has been a bumper couple of weeks […]