A hot and sunny day with a south-westerly wind and very little new to report. The Dams continues to hold interest, with the Pintail still, a Little Egret (there and at East Lea), twos of Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, and Snipe and a Green Sandpiper. A Great Crested Grebe was on the bay and three Whinchats […]
A generally quiet day today saw three each of Whinchat, Wheatear and Willow Warbler on Carr Naze, a Reed Warbler, two Garden Warblers, 15 Willow Warblers, four Chiffchaffs, three Whitethroats and a Blackcap in Top Scrub, and three Arctic Skuas, three Manx Shearwaters and a Bonxie through on a quiet sea. Yesterday, two Long-tailed Skuas […]
A pleasingly busy few days, particularly regarding waders, which have once again been moving through and dropping in in good numbers. Highlights have included a Spotted Redshank over the Dams on 26th (MJP), a Little Stint on the Brigg today and yesterday (mo) and a very early Jack Snipe reported from the Tip (J&TGD); up […]
A mainly sunny day before evening cloud with an at times brisk NW produced a brief Little Stint at the Dams late afternoon (JB), where the usual (and impressive) cast of waders remains, with Ruff back up to 20, a second Little Egret has joined the first (with up to five Grey Herons) and an […]
A day of blustery south-westerly winds, heavy rain (a.m) and some brightness (p.m) and increasingly warm temperatures which provided plenty of interest. The year’s first Turtle Dove occurred in unexpected circumstances, heading south over the Brigg and bay late afternoon (MJP), while more expected given the recent influx was our first Little Stint of the […]
A weekend of strong winds and heavy showers, with our wetland sites attracting most interest. The Dams has 17 Ruff, 33 Dunlin, a Greenshank, a Green Sandpiper, a Black-tailed Godwit, two Snipe, a Shoveler, three Gadwall and 55 Teal today, with two Kingfishers present on 19th (MC), while East Lea has held up to ten […]
Light to moderate easterly winds with a mix of overcast skies and sunny intervals have dominated the last two days, bringing a few modest signs of continental immigration onto the land and some movement overhead. Today, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull followed the plough north of the sports pitches (MJP), a Grasshopper Warbler was in the […]
A similar cast to previous days, with a varied section of waders at the Dams still including the Spotted Redshank and up to three Greenshank, two Green Sandpipers, nine Dunlin, six Ruff, a Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Lapwings and several Curlew (with a further 18 over early on); a Little Egret flew over this morning. The […]
Activity over recent days has largely involved waders, although the first significant warbler dispersal across the area – with Willow Warblers dominating and small numbers of e.g. the commoner Sylvias, as well as increasing numbers of Yellow Wagtails (into low double figures across the area in recent days) – have also provided interest. Three Greenshank […]
A wader-friendly Dams has attracted a good cast over the last few days, the best of which is a Spotted Redshank today (JL et al.); also currently present are four Dunlin, four Black-tailed Godwits, a Greenshank, a Redshank, 30 Lapwing and a Snipe. Up to three Green and one Common Sandpiper have also been a fixture, […]