Tuesday, 24th September 2013

Offshore

3 Shelducks east, 9 Common Scoters west, 1 Great Crested Grebe west and 6 Sandwich Terns.

Visible Migration 

28 Pink-footed Geese south, 2 Kestrels south, 9 Snipe south, 7 Skylarks south, 45 Swallows south, 11 Grey Wagtails south, 30 Alba Wagtails south, 1 Rock Pipit south-west, 519 Meadow Pipits south, 15 Chaffinch south and 8 Linnets south.

 

 Kestrel

Grounded Migrants 

2 Goldcrests, 8 Chiffchaffs, 3 Blackcaps, 1 Garden Warbler, 4 Song Thrushes, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 10 Robins, 6 Wheatears and 31 Pied Wagtails - single flock on the Bowling Greens.

Others 

1,500 Pink-footed Geese, 32 Wigeon, 76 Ringed Plovers, 185 Sanderlings, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 380 Dunlins, 11 Black-tailed Godwits, 240 Turnstones, 5 Med. Gulls, 1 Barn Owl and 1 Tawny Owl - in trees by the old railway line at dusk; the first record this year.

Ringing

1 Robin, 1 Dunnock and 4 Chaffinch.

 

 Chaffinch