Friday, 11th October 2013

Today continued on from yesterday with another large Thrush movement. The birds were coming up the peninsular from the south and veering east/north-east. Another good find was a Black-throated Diver off the scar this afternoon and it was watched on and off for 15 minutes before being lost.

 

 Redwings

Offshore

45 Common Scoters, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers east, 1 Black-throated Diver, 8 Red-throated Divers west & 2 on the sea, 1 Great Crested Grebe east, 4 Little Gulls east, 1 Sandwich Tern east, 1 Arctic Tern west, 1 Guillemot, 3 Razorbills and 11 Auk sp. west.

Visible Migration

8 Whooper Swans east & 2 south, 134 Pink-footed Geese south, 3 Skylarks east, 2 Swallows south, 708 Fieldfares east/noth-east, 5,070 Redwings east/north-east, 5 Mistle Thrushes south-east, 1 Grey Wagtail south, 4 Alba Wagtails south, 12 Meadow Pipits south, 123 Chaffinch south, 5 Bramblings south, 10 Greenfinch south, 9 Goldfinch south and 5 Linnets south.

 

 Pink-footed Geese

Grounded Migrants

2 Goldcrests, 4 Coal Tits ,2 Chiffchaffs, 16 Blackbirds, 9 Song Thrushes and 3 Wheatears.

 

 Wheatear

Others 

12 Whooper Swans, 1,297 Pink-footed Geese, 58 Teal, 92 Wigeon, 15 Little Grebes, 1 Peregrine, 44 Ringed Plovers, 145 Sanderlings, 320 Turnstones, 3 Med. Gulls and 3 Rock Pipits.

Ringing

3 Blue Tits, 1 Great Tit, 7 Redwings, 1 Dunnock and 3 Chaffinch.

 

 Redwing

 

 Chaffinch