Thursday, 16th October 2014

There was an obvious overnight arrival of Thrushes with good numbers all over the peninsula. Also new in today was a Black Redstart and the first Twite of the Autumn. A new Cetti's Warbler was trapped and ringed, plus a bird was re-trapped which was ringed here in November last year.

Offshore

17 Common Scoters west, 1 Red-breasted merganser, 3 Red-throated Divers west, 2 Gannets west, 2 Little Gulls east, 1 Guillemot west and 14 Auk sp. west.

Visible Migration

14 Jackdaws south, 5 Carrion Crows south, 9 Skylarks south, 6 Fieldfares south-east, 45 Redwings south-east, 6 Alba Wagtails south, 14 Meadow Pipits south, 46 Chaffinch south-/south-east, 6 Greenfinch south-east, 5 Goldfinch south-east and 6 Siskins south-east.

Grounded Migrants

13 Goldcrests, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Treecreeper, 75 Blackbirds, 30 Song Thrushes, 78 Redwings, 1 Black Redstart and 1 Wheatear.

 

 Blackbird

 

 Redwing

Others:

1 Shoveler, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Peregrines, 33 Ringed Plovers, 55 Sanderlings, 24 Dunlins, 4 Snipe, 6 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Greenshank, 1 Med. Gull and 11 Twite.

 

 Peregrine

Ringing 

1 Blue Tit, 1 new Cetti's Warbler & a re-trap from November last year, 1 Blackbird, 2 Robins, 1 Chaffinch and 6 Reed Buntings.

 

 Reed Bunting