Sunday, 8th October 2017

Offshore

3 Teals west, 32 Common Scoters west, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 3 Red-throated Divers east & 1 on the sea, 1 Great Crested Grebe and 1 Great Skua east.

Visible Migration 

14 Pink-footed Geese south, 1 Merlin in off, 2 Rooks east, 6 Carrion Crows south, 11 Skylarks south, 3 Swallows south, 1 Grey Wagtail south, 17 Alba Wagtails south, 54 Meadow Pipits south, 1 Rock Pipit east, 17 Chaffinch south-east and 4 Reed Buntings south-east.

Grounded Migrants

1 Jay, 20 Goldcrests, 4 Coal Tits, 4 Chiffchaffs, 7 Wrens, 20 Blackbirds, 9 Song Thrushes, 2 Redwings and 5 Wheatears.

 

 Wheatear

Others:

2000 Pink-footed Geese, 180 Wigeons, 100 Teals, 2 Pintails, 6 Little Egrets, 500 Lapwings, 17 Golden Plovers, 58 Ringed Plovers, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 220 Turnstones, 130 Sanderlings, 1 Greenshank, 4 Snipes, 1 Kingfisher and 2 Stonechats.

 

 Pink-footed Geese

Ringing 

4 Goldcrests and 1 Long-tailed Tits.

 

 Goldcrest