Sunday, 9th November 2014

Offshore 

3 Pintails south, 46 Common Scoters west, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Red-throated Divers west, 3 Great Crested Grebes west, 1 Guillemot west and 14 Auk sp. west.

Visible Migration

70 Wood Pigeons south-west, 63 Jackdaws south, 7 Skylarks south, 1 Meadow Pipit east, 2 Redwings south, 1,150 Starlings south-west, 14 Chaffinch south, 7 Greenfinch south, 1 Redpoll east and 5 Reed Buntings south..

 

 Jackdaws

Grounded Migrants

3 Goldcrests, 12 Blackbirds, 3 Song Thrushes, 1 Fieldfare and 4 Redwings.

Others:

1,750 Pink-footed Geese, 3 Goldeneyes, 1 Little Egret, 2 Peregrines, 1 Merlin, 2 Water Rails, 57 Ringed Plovers, 165 Sanderlings, 130 Dunlins, 1 Jack Snipe, 6 Snipe, 44 Black-tailed Godwits, 220 Turnstones, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Stonechats, 8 Rock Pipits, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 29 Linnets and 12 Twite.

 

 

Pink-footed Geese

 

 Turnstone 'AM' was ringed at the Obs on 16/12/2012 and was seen regularly 

that winter until 14/03/2013. It was back at the Obs on 01/09/2013 and was

last seen, until today, on 06/11/2013.

 

 Goldeneye

 

Ringing

2 Blackbirds, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch and 4 Reed Buntings.

 

 Goldfinch