Monday, 19th October 2015

The highlight of the day was the finding of a Firecrest feeding with a party of Long-tailed Tits in the early afternoon. Another highlight was two Black-throated Divers which drifted in on the late afternoon tide; the birds showed well on a very calm sea. There are some record shots of the Firecrest & Divers on IGs blog.

Offshore

7 Common Scoters, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers, 5 Red-throated Divers, 2 Black-throated Divers, 1 Great Crested Grebe and 2 Razorbills.

 Common Scoters

Visible Migration

8 Whooper Swans south, 2 Short-eared Owls east, 17 Skylarks south,17 Starlings east, 249 Jackdaws southwest, 8 Fieldfares south-east, 178 Redwings south-east, 2 Mistle Thrushes east, 4 Alba Wagtails south, 9 Meadow Pipits south, 56 Chaffinch south-east, 7 Bramblings south-east, 28 Greenfinch south-east, 16 Goldfinch south, 4 Redpolls south-east, 1 Yellowhammer east and 5 Reed Buntings south-east.

 Short-eared Owl

Grounded Migrants

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25 Goldcrests, 1 Firecrest , 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcaps, 26 Blackbirds, 11 Song Thrushes, 55 Redwings, 2 Robins, 1 Stonechat and 1 Wheatear.

Others

160 Wigeons, 1 Gadwall, 100 Teal, 9 Shovelers, 3 Little Egrets, 38 Ringed Plovers, 85 Golden Plovers, 700 Lapwings, 73 Sanderlings, 78 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Med. Gull, 1 Barn Owl and 2 Cetti's Warblers.

Ringing

2 Goldcrests, 4 Wrens, 3 Dunnocks, 4 Blackbirds, 7 Redwings, 2 Robins, 2 Blue Tits, 1 Great Tit, 2 Chaffinches, 1 Brambling, 32 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch and 1 Reed Bunting.

 Brambling

 Blackbird