A quiet few days dominated by strong Puffin passage, with 601 south and 288 north on 1st and 542 south and 245 north on 3rd. Two Bonxies and 15 Manx Shearwaters also went north on 3rd, while two Little Egrets north and seven Black-tailed Godwits south were additional seawatch records on 1st. Today, a Velvet […]
The petrel catching season got off to a flying start on 23rd, with a preliminary test session resulting in the trapping of a Leach’s Storm-petrel and three (European) Storm-petrels (FBOG ringing team), the latter including ’67’ – a bird which has toured the east coast for ten years and which spent much of last year’s […]
An unexpectedly productive afternoon session on the Brigg produced a Garganey (around the Brigg and then eventually south), an adult summer Mediterranean Gull south, a summer plumage Red-throated Diver north and 31 Oystercatchers, six Turnstones and a single Knot (MJP).
A check of our East Lea reserve this afternoon revealed a minimum of four male Red-veined Darters (MJP) – the first of the year, maintaining a recently annual run of ecords for this scarce species in our recording area.
A calm, mild and quiet week locally, with few notable sightings beyond local and breeding species. On the sea, 248 Puffins south (and 48 north) and 14 Manxies south on 11th were peak day counts for the month so far, while an unseasonal Corn Bunting at the Tip and a Little Ringed Plover in a […]
A reasonably quiet week in generally settled conditions, although another Osprey – heading south over Carr Naze on 7th (TH) – completes a good spring for this species locally. Otherwise notable sightings have included a Cuckoo at the Tip today and a Hummingbird Hawkmoth near Parish Wood yesterday. Slightly improved seawatching movements have included 108 […]
A Grasshopper Warbler and a Garden Warbler were reported from the Tip today, where a late Tree Pipit as also grounded yesterday. The first Large Red Damselfly of the season was recorded in the Top Scrub, Broad-bodied Chasers have been seen at the Dams for the last five days or so, while a few Manxies […]
A very quiet end to the month, with little in the way of notables, although two Sandwich Terns dropped out of the mist and into the Dams for a few minutes on 29th, where six Mute Swans continue to commute between there and East Lea. Otherwise, Painted Ladies have begun to arrive in small numbers, […]
Little of note to report today except for a Hobby hunting Sand Martins at Hunmanby Gap (KC) and c250 Swifts feeding along a storm front over North Cliff, but yesterday (26th) produced two good spring records – a Curlew Sandpiper flushed off the Brigg (JS) and a male Hen Harrier high over the Country Park […]
A quiet few days as high pressure and settled conditions dominate. Today saw Cuckoos at the Gap and the allotments, while Spotted Flycatchers remained at Parish Wood and the Tip after arriving yesterday, when 10 Barnacle Geese went south at the Gap. A Little Owl was near to last year’s breeding site on 21st, while […]