Thursday, 6th October 2016

Another decent arrival day with two more Yellow-browed Warblers being found. The first was trapped & ringed in IG's garden, and a very elusive bird was in the Mount during the morning. A Pied Flycatcher was also found while searching for the elusive Yellow-browed. 

Yellow-browed Warbler

Offshore 

12 Shelducks east, 3 Teals west, 38 Common Scoters west, 2 Red-throated Divers west and 2 Auk sp. east.

Visible Migration

409 Pink-footed Geese south, 3 Blue Tits - left high to the south, 27 Skylarks south, 2 Swallows south, 2 Song Thrushes south-east, 375 Redwings south-east, 2 Grey Wagtails south, 52 Alba Wagtails south, 244 Meadow Pipits south, 1 Brambling south-east, 20 Chaffinch south-east, 22 Linnets south,1 Redpoll east

and 7 Siskins east.

Grounded Migrants 

12 Goldcrests, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, 3 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap, 8 Song Thrushes, 15 Redwings, 12 Robins, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 3 Stonechats, 1 Wheatear and 1 Bullfinch.

 

 Stonechat

Others

280 Wigeons, 130 Teal, 3 Little Egrets, 36 Golden Plovers, 17 Grey Plovers, 570 Lapwings, 11 Black-tailed Godwits, 170 Turnstones, 1 Ruff, 80 Dunlins, 700 Redshanks, 2 Med. Gulls, 1 Kingfisher and 1 Cetti's Warbler.

Ringing

1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin and 1 Reed Bunting.

 

 Yellow-browed Warbler