More activity over the last couple of days has included impressive Swift movements, peaking yesterday (8th) with a minimum of 2025 heading south (the majority in the morning). A Velvet Scoter and a Mediterranean Gull (JS) were sea-watching highlights this morning, while a Black-tailed Godwit dropped in at the Dams today and a Hobby (KC, WS), […]
Passage over the sea has picked up slightly in the last two couple of days, the best of being a total of 635 Common Scoter north and 58 south on the morning of 5th, when wader passage included a Bar-tailed Godwit and a Knot on the Brigg and 33 Redshank and nine Black-tailed Godwits south; […]
An unsettled few days with steadily rising temperatures have seen little in the way of notable records, with a Crossbill and 12 Common Scoter south on 1st, when two Dunlin and a Whimbrel were among a few Brigg waders. Seven Manx Shearwaters passed the hut this morning and a redpoll flew south over the town.
The month ended with a strengthening south-westerly airflow and a mix of sunshine, cloud and downpours as fronts moved through the area. The season’s first Ruff dropped in at East Lea this morning, where dragonflies included an ovipositing Black-tailed Skimmer and several Broad-bodied and Four-spotted Chasers. Yesterday saw 12 Curlews heading south over North Cliff, […]
Normal service resumes with an unremarkable period to report on over the last ten days or so, the highlight being two Spoonbills briefly at the Dams on 25th. Otherwise, 20 Common Scoter and 11 Curlew headed north at the Gap on 26th, and a count of orchid spikes on the Tip on 19th produced impressive […]
Nothing of note to report over the last few days, and there’ll be a short break in transmissions here on the latest sightings page, with normal service resuming towards the end of the month. In the event of a rarity however, info will be be posted here as usual.
Little to report locally over recent days as migration grinds to a temporary halt, although as is to be expected there’s still a trickle of waders on the move – these have included two Curlews at the Dams today and two Black-tailed Godwits at East Lea on 12th. A singing Grasshopper Warbler at Reighton (NC) […]
Very little of note to report over recent days, with a stready arrival of Painted Ladies providing most of the migration interest – all days have seen small numbers, with a peak of 25 on 7th. Diamond-back moths have also continued to arrive to large numbers, with several thousand anecdotally observed each day (representing a […]
A clear and sunny day with an initially light but strengthening south-easterly saw an Avocet at the Dams (HJW et al.) for the duration; otherwise, 15 Painted Ladies were in the Carr Naze / Country Park area, single Knot, Whimbrel and Redshank were on the Brigg and two Manxies headed south this afternoon. Thousands of […]
A very slow few days for avian migrants perhaps, but it’s been far from it regarding the extraordinary invasion of Diamond-back moths. Countless thousands are and have been present in the recording area, with a sample dedicated transect of a (very small) section of the northern coastal area resulting in a minimum count of 14,140 […]