Another day of brisk easterlies and thick cloud (minus the showers today) which brought good numbers of classic late autumn migrants into the area. Notable tallies included 85 Bramblings, 250 Skylarks, 40 redpolls (of which at least four were Mealy) and 600 Starlings, with thrush counts totalling seven Ring Ouzels, 620 Redwings, 140 Song Thrushes, 120 […]
More incoming activity from northern and eastern climes (in wet, windy and challenging conditions) was headlined by a Pallas’s Warbler in Arndale this afternoon (MJP) in the company of a roving Goldcrest flock. A minimum of eight Mealy Redpolls were well scattered in the northern area, outnumbered by Ring Ouzels which reached at least 11, […]
The ongoing promising conditions – cloudy and showery with a brisk easterly wind – finally delivered a top drawer rarity in the shape of Filey’s seventh-ever Dusky Warbler this morning, trapped and ringed in the Top Scrub (DL, LM, PJD) – just rewards for the ongoing sterling efforts of the ringing team this autumn. Other […]
Another busy couple of days for migration (albeit still without the much-searched for rarity in the mix as yet). Pick of the day was a conveniently vocal Siberian Chiffchaff in Church Ravine, in loose company with two Yellow-browed Warblers, Chiffchaffs and Goldcrests near the bridge (MJP). Yellow-brows were prominent once more, with new birds trickling […]
Two days with incoming arrivals throughout on an easterly airflow with cloud and brighter intervals. Pick of the bunch was a candidate Siberian Lesser Whitethroat in Arndale this morning (RAB, MJP), with Yellow-browed Warblers there and in Top Scrub, three new Short-eared Owls (a different bird at the Tip and two in off together late […]
A day of increasingly brisk easterly winds was notable not for passerines but for a Black-browed Albatross that slipped by this morning (JS); thankfully also picked up by our neighbours at Bempton and Flamborough, the bird was subsequently enjoyed by many. Otherwise, extensive coverage of the Carr Naze / Top Scrub area was fairly underwhelming, […]
A mainly, sunny, generally quieter day with a light wind veering into the east by the afternoon. Highlights included a Slavonian Grebe off Primrose Valley towards dusk (WS, GS) and a candidate Siberian Lesser Whitethroat at the Tip (MJP). On the land, at least six Yellow-browed Warblers were in the area (four in the north, two […]
The productive start to the month continues, with a mostly bright day again dominated by a blustery northerly airflow (steadily subsiding by the afternoon), and consequently seabirds. This morning saw 130 Sooty Shearwaters, two juvenile Long-tailed Skuas, a Red-necked Grebe and a Velvet Scoter among sea-watching highlights (MJP, RAB, JS), with a Great Northern Diver, […]
An excellent start to the new month, especially on the sea, with an increasing NNE wind instantly providing this afternoon after an almost still morning. The early session was quiet but for two Balearic Shearwaters north (JS), but a later session from 1420hrs to dusk produced two Sabine’s Gulls north with Kittiwakes (the first of […]
The highlight of a benign sea was a Black-throated Diver south (MJP) as well as 14 Red-throats and a trickle of incoming passerines that included three Wheatears (with a total of four others at other sites). Visible migration at the Gap included the first Woodcock of the season, a Lapland Bunting (KC), 448 Pink-footed Geese (with […]