Thursday, 1st October 2015

The highlight of the day was another Yellow-browed Warbler this time in the Cemetery. SE & IG were saying how quiet it was with the clear skies when a party of six Coal Tits moved through the sycamores with another bird, then out popped a Yellow-browed Warbler! It showed well feeding in the canopy of some small sycamores before moving on.

Yellow-browed Warbler

Offshore

17 Common Scoters west, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers west and 1 Gannet west.

Visible Migration 

33 Pink-footed Geese south, 1 Kestrel in off sea, 1 Snipe south, 2 Wood Pigeons south-east, 6 Collared Doves south, 32 Jackdaws south, 4 Rooks south, 6 Carrion Crows south, 4 Skylarks south, 12 Swallows south, 4 Starlings south, 6 Grey Wagtails south, 51 Alba Wagtails south, 312 Meadow Pipits south, 9  Chaffinch south-east, 12 Greenfinch south, 36 Goldfinch south, 3 Siskins south and 6 Linnets south.

 

 Grey Wagtail

Grounded Migrants

7 Goldcrests, 14 Coal Tits, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrushes, 3 Robins and 6 Wheatears.

 

 Yellow-browed Warbler

Others 

375 Pink-footed Geese, 125 Wigeons, 4 Shovelers, 7 Little Egrets, 78 Ringed Plovers, 33 Golden Plovers, 500 Lapwings, 150 Sanderlings, 120 Dunlins, 2 Ruffs, 117 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Greenshanks, 1 Med. Gull, 1 Kingfisher and 2 Cetti's Warblers.

Ringing 

1 Great Tit, 6 Coal Tits, 2 Blackbirds, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Robins and 1 Reed Bunting.

 

 Comma