Tuesday, 28th March 2017

The highlight today was a brief Ring Ouzel this am.

Ring Ouzel

Offshore:

1 Shelduck east, 2 Teals east, 17 Common Scoters west, 8 Red-breasted Mergansers and 4 Red-throated Divers east.

Visible Migration 

29 Wood Pigeons east, 10 Alba Wagtails north, 102 Meadow Pipits north, 1 Chaffinch east, 4 Linnets east, 1 Redpoll east, 10 Goldfinch east and 4 Siskins east.

Grounded Migrants

5 Goldcrests, 9 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcaps, 1 Ring Ouzel, 1 Redwing, 2 Stonechats and 5 Wheatears.

Others

3 Goldeneyes, 22 Grey Plovers, 27 Ringed Plovers, 420 Black-tailed Godwits, 140 Turnstones, 700 Knots, 57 Sanderlings, 100 Dunlins, 480 Redshanks, 12 Snipe and 1 Glaucous Gull.

Ringing:

1 Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Blackcap.

 

 Blackcap

Monday, 27th March 2017

The first Sandwich Tern and Swallow of the year flew through today.

Offshore 

2 Shelducks east, 33 Common Scoters east, 2 Goosanders east, 7 Red-breasted Mergansers, 9 Red-throated Divers east, 1 Auk sp. west and 1 Sandwich Tern east.

Visible Migration 

12 Whooper Swans north, 1 Buzzard north-east, 11 Wood Pigeons east, 6 Jackdaws east, 4 Carrion Crows north-east, 11 Sand Martins north, 1 Swallow north, 2 Tree Sparrows east, 12 Alba Wagtails north, 89 Meadow Pipits north, 10 Linnets east, 6 Redpolls east, 11 Goldfinch east and 5 Siskins east.

Grounded Migrants 

4 Goldcrests, 11 Chiffchaffs, 5 Wheatears and 3 Lesser Redpolls.

Others

6 Goldeneyes, 33 Grey Plovers, 21 Ringed Plovers, 350 Black-tailed Godwits, 135 Turnstones, 500 Knots, 55 Sanderlings, 120 Dunlins and 1 Glaucous Gull.

 Black-tailed Godwits

Ringing 

2 Chiffchaffs and 1 House Sparrow.

 Chiffchaff

Sunday, 26th March 2017

Offshore

2 Shelducks east, 31 Common Scoters west, 7 Red-breasted Mergansers, 16 Red-throated Divers east and 1 Great Crested Grebe east.

Visible Migration 

179 Pink-footed Geese north, 1 Buzzard east, 4 Wood Pigeons east, 2 Magpies east, 4 Jackdaws east, 5 Carrion Crows north-east, 1 Skylark north-east, 26 Alba Wagtails north-east, 85 Meadow Pipits north-east, 1 Greenfinch east, 23 Linnets east, 1 Twite east, 15 Goldfinch east and 13 Siskins east.

 

 Buzzard

Grounded Migrants

2 Goldcrests, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Wheatears and 2 White Wagtails.

 

 Wheatear

Others

11 Wigeons, 1 Gadwall, 2 Shovelers, 6 Goldeneyes, 1 Little Egret, 120 Black-tailed Godwits, 130 Turnstones, 500 Knots, 55 Dunlins, 1 Greenshank, 450 Redshanks, 1 Jack Snipe, 17 Snipe, 1 Glaucous Gull, 2 Stock Doves and 1 Water Pipit.

 

 Gadwall

Saturday, 25th March 2017

Offshore 

3 Shelducks east, 2 Shovelers, 16 Common Scoters east, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers, 3 Red-throated Divers east & 2 west and 1 Great Crested Grebe east & 1 on the sea.

 

Shoveler

Visible Migration

15 Whooper Swans north, 134 Pink-footed Geese north, 3 Buzzards north-east, 1 Sparrowhawk north-east, 3 Wood Pigeons east, 7 Jackdaws east, 11 Carrion Crows north-east, 1 Grey Wagtail east, 16 Alba Wagtails north-east, 172 Meadow Pipits north-east, 26 Linnets east, 13 Goldfinch east, 3 Siskins north and 2 Reed Buntings east.

Grounded Migrants

5 Goldcrests, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Chiffchaffs, 1 Redwing and 2 Wheatears.

Others

2 Shovelers, 9 Goldeneyes, 1 Water Rail, 26 Grey Plovers, 21 Ringed Plovers, 325 Black-tailed Godwits, 155 Turnstones, 43 Sanderlings, 100 Dunlins, 520 Redshanks, 9 Snipe, 1 Glaucous Gull and 2 Stock Doves.

 

 Goldeneye

 

Ringing

8 Meadow Pipit, 1 Robin, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Tits and 1 Greenfinch 

 

 Chiffchaff with 'pollen horns'

Friday, 24th March 2017

Another decent 'vis' day with the first Osprey of the year flying through being the highlight.

Offshore 

27 Common Scoters west, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers, 10 Red-throated Divers east, 1 Great Crested Grebe east, 1 Auk sp. west and 9 Kittiwakes east.

Visible Migration 

34 Whooper Swans north, 11 Pink-footed Geese north, 1 Osprey - flew north very high mid-afternoon, 16 Wood Pigeons east, 1 Kestrel north, 6 Magpies east, 11 Jackdaws east, 4 Rooks east, 32 Carrion Crows north-east, 4 Sand Martins north-east, 3 Starlings east, 44 Alba Wagtails north-east, 806 Meadow Pipits north-east, 1 Chaffinch east, 32 Linnets east, 73 Goldfinch east, 32 Siskins east and 4 Reed Buntings east.

 

 Goldfinch

Grounded Migrants

10 Goldcrests, 5 Chiffchaffs, 12 Wheatears and 1 White Wagtail.

 

 Chiffchaff

Others

2 Shovelers, 3 Goldeneyes, 23 Ringed Plovers, 375 Black-tailed Godwits, 160 Turnstones, 50 Sanderlings, 65 Dunlins, 600 Redshanks, 1 Iceland Gull and 1 Glaucous Gull.

 

 Black-tailed Godwits

Thursday, 23rd March 2017

The first decent 'vis' morning of the spring produced a decent count of 1614 Meadow Pipits, plus a nice selection of other species on the move.

Offshore

4 Shelducks east, 27 Common Scoters west, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers, 6 Red-throated Divers east, 1 Great Crested Grebe east, 3 Auk sp. west and 7 Little Gulls east.

Visible Migration

83 Whooper Swans north, 3 Pink-footed Geese north, 1 Stock Dove east, 134 Wood Pigeons east, 1 Merlin east, 3 Magpies east, 10 Jackdaws east, 2 Rooks east, 45 Carrion Crows north-east, 3 Grey Wagtails north-east, 41 Alba Wagtails north-east, 1614 Meadow Pipits north-east, 5 Chaffinch east, 9 Linnets east, 30 Goldfinch east and 7 Siskins east.

 

 Rook

 

 Magpie

 

 Carrion Crows

Grounded Migrants 

12 Goldcrests, 5 Chiffchaffs and 3 Wheatears.

Others 

5 Goldeneyes, 24 Ringed Plovers, 320 Black-tailed Godwits, 115 Turnstones, 52 Sanderlings, 7 Snipe, 1 Iceland Gull and 1 Glaucous Gull.

Wednesday, 22nd March 2017

Offshore

47 Eiders, 7 Common Scoters west and 4 Red-breasted Mergansers.

Others 

4 Shovelers, 4 Goldeneyes, 26 Ringed Plovers, 260 Black-tailed Godwits, 120 Turnstones, 60 Sanderlings, 1 Peregrine and 1 Cetti's Warbler.

Tuesday, 21st March 2017

Offshore 

34 Common Scoters west, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers, 5 Red-throated Divers east, 1 Gannet west, 8 Kittiwakes east and 3 Auk sp.

Visible Migration

16 Meadow Pipits north.

Grounded Migrants:

2 Goldcrests, 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Stonechat.

Others:

5 Goldeneyes, 27 Ringed Plovers, 310 Black-tailed Godwits, 180 Turnstones, 400 Knots, 100 Sanderlings, 60 Dunlins, 8 Snipe, 1 Iceland Gull and 1 Glaucous Gull.

 

Glaucous Gull

Monday, 20th March 2017

Offshore

23 Common Scoters west, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Red-throated Divers east, 2 Gannets west and 9 Kittiwakes east.

Visible Migration

21 Alba Wagtails north, 246 Meadow Pipits north, 2 Chaffinch east and 5 Goldfinch east.

Grounded Migrants

3 Goldcrests, 2 Chiffchaffs and 3 Wheatears.

 Wheatear

Others

5 Goldeneyes, 8 Grey Plovers, 29 Ringed Plovers, 225 Black-tailed Godwits, 150 Turnstones, 500 Knots, 85 Sanderlings,  38 Dunlins, 11 Snipe, 1 Iceland Gull, 1 Glaucous Gull and 1 Stonechat.

 Iceland Gull

Sunday, 19th March 2017

Offshore

2 Shelducks east, 34 Common Scoters west, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers, 5 Red-throated Divers east, 1 Great Crested Grebe and 3 Auk sp. west.

Visible Migration

7 Alba Wagtails noth and 138 Meadow Pipits north.

Others

2 Gadwalls, 3 Shovelers, 7 Goldenbeyes, 28 Ringed Plovers,  42 Black-tailed Godwits, 140 Turnstones, 375 Knots, 62 Sanderlings, 55 Dunlins, 7 Snipe, 1 Glaucous Gull, 2 Stock Doves and 1 Stonechat.

 Stonechat

 Black-tailed Godwits