Steady as she goes locally with the Velvet Scoter and at least one Great Northern Diver still off the Brigg, Grey Wagtails in the town ad surrounding area, plenty of auks and Fulmars back on the cliffs, up to 65 Red-throated Divers off the Gap, and very small trickles of passerines heading through in single […]
Reasonably quiet over recent days, with up to three Pink-footed Geese with the ferals on most days at the Dams, the same site hosting a Mediterranean Gull on 27th, up to four Chiffchaffs, the three Shelducks, two Water Rails, two Little Grebes and odd Siskins. Nine Whooper Swans paused in the bay before heading north […]
An unseasonably mild few days (set to continue) has seen more activity generally, with that classic sign of early spring, Pink-footed Goose return migration, figuring recently (and especially today). A total of 770 moved through in multiple skeins today, with lesser numbers on previous days and a single bird at the Dams. A Red Kite […]
A quiet few days, the standout highlight being an Avocet on the sea offshore at Reighton Sands at dusk on 16th, where a Shelduck also went south; further Shelducks were off North Cliff (six) and south off the Brigg (four). Otherwise a Green Sandpiper was briefly at the Dams today, Sanderlings have numbered eight at […]
As you were locally with long-staying Velvet Scoter, Long-tailed Duck and Great Northern Divers off the south side of the Brigg, up to six Great Crested Grebes in the northern bay, up to 50 Purple Sandpipers and up to 30 Ringed Plovers on the Brigg, and up to 50 Red-throated Divers offshore in the same […]
It remains quiet locally with little new of note to report in recent days. Up to two Great Northern Divers are still off the southern side of the Brigg / in the north of the bay, the Velvet Scoter is in the same area, and two Snow Buntings were on Carr Naze this morning. On […]
A very quiet start to the month was enlivened a little by the brief appearance of a Great Egret at the Dams this morning (for c15 mins only), with 47 Wigeon, two Shoveler, 32 Teal and a single Coot among other species appreciating the thaw there. The Velvet Scoter and Great Northern Diver are still […]
More of the same of late, with the Velvet Scoter, the Long-tailed Duck, at least one Great Northern Diver and three Common Scoters on the Brigg area (as well as large numbers of auks and gulls), whiles waders there have included up to 45 Purple Sandpipers, two Grey Plovers, the Knot and up to 25 […]
A Chiffchaff was the Gap today, while long-stayers include the Velvet Scoter, the Long-tailed Duck, up to two Great Northern Divers, and good numbers of Red-throated Divers in the Brigg / bay area. On 26th, 110 Pink-footed Geese went north up the coast, while a total of three Grey Wagtails were in the town area […]
Two very accommodating Waxwings were on the Wharfedale estate yesterday (23rd); otherwise, most notable records in recent days again refer to long-stayers, with the Velvet Scoter, two Common Scoters and up to two Great Northern Divers off the Brigg, the Mandarin at Primrose Valley, and pairs of Mute Swan and Shoveler (plus similar numbers of […]