The month closed with a return to south-westerlies and a strong passage of finches and other species at the Gap, with highlights of 81 Crossbills, 90 Siskins, six Twite, 13 Mistle Thrushes, 1500 Starlings and a Jack Snipe moving through. A Snow Bunting frequented the path to the beach there. On the Brigg, 30 Purple […]
Without a doubt, today’s highlight was a Coues’s Arctic Redpoll caught in Top Scrub by the ringing team this morning – a fitting testament to their hard work there this (and every) autumn. Additional records from Top Scrub included five Woodcock, two Mealy Redpolls, eight Snipe, three Blackcaps and two Chiffchaffs. A Water Pipit, 12 […]
Another busy day in north to north-easterly winds and squally showers, with another two Long-eared Owls and two Short-eared Owls arriving in off, 21 Little Auks, 37 Eiders, a Long-tailed Duck, two Sooty and 11 Manx Shearwaters and two Pomarine Skuas passing the Brigg, and observations from Carr Naze including 492 Common Scoter, two Woodcocks, […]
Lots of activitiy in brisk northerlies today, with a site record 32 Pomarine Skuas past the Gap as well as a Glaucous Gull (first of the season), a Little Auk, three Velvet Scoters, eight Shovelers, five Goldeneye, 15 Manx Shearwaters and five Pintail there, with counts from the Brigg including 10 Pomarine Skuas, six Goosander, […]
A day of strong north-westerly winds which produced some good movements at sea, the highlight being a Leach’s Storm-petrel close inshore and south early afternoon. Pomarine Skuas were passing in good numbers, with four in the morning and 23 in the afternoon, when other records included three Red-breasted Mergansers, a Goosander, 30 Red-throated Divers, 2 […]
The blustery westerlies continue, with what little movement is occurring involving birds arriving in off despite the wind direction; small numbers of Skylarks, Redwings, Song Thrushes, Fieldfares and finches continue to arrive throughout the day, with totals of 240 Fieldfares and 160 Redwings through the Gap this morning (as well as 10 Rock Pipits and […]
Singles of both Red-necked and Slavonian Grebes were in the bay off the Brigg this afternoon, where there were also three Great Crested Grebes, 10 Red-throated Divers and 15 Common Scoters; two Goldeneye, a Bonxie and an Arctic Skua passed by in the morning, a dark-bellied Brent Goose was on the Brigg and a Twite […]
A male Merlin was at East Lea today, with a report of a Rough-legged Buzzard over the Country Park (per bird news services). A Great Northern Diver, a Med Gull and a Velvet Scoter passed the Brigg, 25 Grey Partridges were on the Tip and a Hummingbird Hawkmoth was at the Gap. Yesterday (21st), the […]
An entertaing morning at the Gap (especially for those attending the vismig drop-in session) included a Hen Harrier, 11 Whooper Swans, 115 Skylarks, 62 Golden Plovers, 47 Siskins and two Crossbills, while an Asio owl came in off the sea and a further seven Whoopers went over Muston roundabout, and three went over the golf […]
A busy day for birds and birders, with Migweek continuing to produce the goods for locals and visitors alike. Two Short-eared Owls came in off the sea, while an Avocet roamed between the Brigg, the bay and the beach during the day. At the Gap, 11 Whooper Swans, 1200 Starlings, 156 Fieldfares, 151 Redfwings, a […]