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Wednesday, 24 November 2021
A grey overcast day with a F4-3 westerly. Watches: 0700-1000.
A much quieter day overall, the best being an adult Iceland Gull south over the Humber with the white headed Ring Ouzel still present along the Canal, but just a single Snow Bunting present. There were few grounded migrants about with 3 Woodcock, 5 Snipe, 5 Short-eared Owl, a Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 22 Blackbird, a Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 4 Song Thrush, 5 Stonechat, a Grey Wagtail, 18 Pied Wagtail and 37 Siskin.
Not much movement, the best were 14 Whooper Swan heading south with also 16 Eider and a Marsh Harrier. Full counts on Trektellen.
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Wigeon. John Hewitt.
Wigeon. John Hewitt.
Redwing. Denise Shields.
Weasel. Denise Shields.
Iceland Gull. Thomas Willoughby.
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
A nice sunny day with a light F2-3 westerly. Watches: 0715-1130.
The sea was somewhat becalmed, but a few grounded migrants were still about with a Jack Snipe, 4 Woodcock, 14 Snipe, 373 Starling in/off, 25 Skylark, a Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest, the 'white headed; Ring Ouzel, 134 Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Rock Pipit, 4 Brambling, a Lesser Redpoll, 122 Siskin and a Snow Bunting, and still 2 Cetti's Warbler around the triangle.
The best of the sea were 276 Pink-footed Geese, 66 Eider, 58 Common Scoter, 6 Gannet and 113 Common Gull, while other sightings included 500 Lapwing at Sammy's.
Ringing: 1 Puffin, 20 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Yellowhammer.
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Yellowhammer. Steve Clipperton.
Snow Bunting. John Hewitt.
Snow Bunting. John Hewitt.
Snow Bunting. John Hewitt.
Monday, 22 November 2021
A nice sunny day with a cold F5 north easterly. watches: 0700-1300.
It was a good day over the sea once again and a bit of an arrival further enhanced the day. The sea recieved most attention with 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 38 Teal, a Scaup, 22 Eider, 2 Velvet Scoter, 266 Common Scoter, 2 Velvet Scoter, a Goldeneye, 28 Red-throated Diver, 3 Great Northern Diver, 2 Manx Shearwater, 50 Gannet, 94 Cormorant, 479 Kittiwake, 3 Little Gull, 772 Common Gull, 4 Great Skua, a Pomarine Skua, 22 Little Auk, 10 Guillemot, 3 Razorbill, 119 Large Auk sp and 5 Puffin 9plus one taken into care).
Migrant totals and arrivals watched flying in/off were quite decent with a Long-eared Owl, 14 Woodcock, 9 Snipe, a Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Siberian Chiffchaff, 5 Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, 6 Goldcrest, 252 Starling, 186 Blackbird, 15 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 10 Song Thrush, a Mistle Thrush, 3 Black Redstart, a Stonechat, 42 Siskin, 11 Brambling and 31 Snow Bunting.
Ringing: 2 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 37 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 1 Blackcap, 2 Siskin, 1 Brambling, 4 Tree Sparrow.
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Snow Bunting. Steve Clipperton.
Snow Buntings. Bethan Clyne.
Blackbirds in the Obs garden. John Hewitt.
Puffin found exhausted on the beach. Taken into care hopefully it will make a full recovery. Steve Clipperton.
Short-eared Owl. Steve Clipperton.
Sunday, 21 November 2021
Sunny spells but bitterly cold with a rain driven F5 northerly. Watches: 0700-1600.
The sea was the main focus of the day with a strong northerly driving birds into the lower north sea with 2 Shoveler, 2 Pintail, 3 Scaup, 3 Eider, 115 Common Scoter, a Long-tailed Duck, 1 Goosander, 73 Red-throated Diver, a Great Northern Diver, 1 Fulmar, 8 Sooty Shearwater, 4 Manx Shearwater, a Great Crested Grebe, 82 Gannet, 1048 Kittiwake, 265 Black-headed Gull, 7 Mediterranean Gull, 1117 Common Gull, 4 Great Skua, an Arctic Skua, 4 Little Auk, 15 Guillemot, 17 Razorbill, 521 Large Auk sp and 7 Puffin. The seawatchers also saw a Woodcock, 61 Starling, a Brambling and 1 Siskin arriving in/off.
The best of any grounded migrants included a Woodcock, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, a Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, a Goldcrest, 33 Blackbird, 8 Siskin and 4 Snow Bunting recorded.
Elsewhere a Caspian Gull was on Kilnsea wetlands. Full details and counts on Trektellen.
Ringing: 9 Blackbird, 2 Redwing.
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Great Black-backed Gull. John Hewitt.
Great Black-backed Gull. John Hewitt.
Redwing. Adam Hutt.
Saturday, 20 November 2021
A birght sunny day with a F5 south westerly. Watches: 0700-1305.
There was some typical late southerly movement through the YWT Warren watchpoint in the morning, the best being 594 Pink-footed Geese, a Whooper Swan, 6 Gannet, 105 Common Gull, 7 Stock Dove, 80 Wood Pigeon, 3 Swallow, 7 Chaffinch, a Twite, 317 Siskin and 4 Lapland Bunting.
There was also some typical fare for grounded birds the best nbeing 2 Bearded Tit along the canal, 16 Twite at the Warren and 2 Cetti's Warbler still residing in the triangle. There were also 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 29 Redwing, a Song Thrush, 1 Brambling and 4 Snow Bunting around.
Up in the Kilnsea wetlands area there were some good sightings and totals including a Pale-bellied Brent, 215 Greylag Geese, 34 Shoveler, 4 Pintail, 1 Tufted Duck, a Goldeneye, 26 Little Grebe, 230 Lapwing, 260 Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Mediterranean Gull.
Ringing: 1 Blackcap, 1 Tree Sparrow.
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Snow Bunting. John Hewitt.
Snow Buntings. John Hewitt.
Friday, 19 November 2021
Sunny and mild with a F3 south westerly. Watches: 0700-1140.
A trickle of movement over land and sea, 481 Pink-footed Geese, 6 Whooper Swan, 3 Pintail, a Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 113 Stock Dove, 82 Wood Pigeon, 4 Jackdaw, 47 Skylark, 550 Starling, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Alba Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 8 Chaffinch, 3 Brambling, 18 Linnet, 23 Goldfinch, 341 Siskin, 2 Snow Bunting, a Yellowhammer and 2 Reed Bunting. Full counts on Trektellen.
With each passing day there are fewer migrants to search for the best being a Woodcock, a Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 700 Starling, 55 Blackbird, 46 Fieldafre, 10 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, a Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit and a Brambling with a Cetti's Warbler still present in Sykes field.
The Kilnsea wetlands area still had a nice selection of species on offer, 6 Whooper Swan, 20 Shoveler, 6 Pintail, 60 Teal, a Tufted Duck, 1 Goldeneye, 5 Little Egret, 36 Lapwing, 390 Black-tailed Godwit, a Greenshank and 2 Mediterranean Gull.
Ringing: 3 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Tree Sparrow, 1 Goldfinch, 3 Siskin
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Rock Pipit. John Hewitt.
Grey Plover. John Hewitt.
Thursday, 18 November 2021
Sunny spells with a F4 south westerly. Watches: 0700-1200.
The.day saw a few migrants hanging about with a Woodcock, a Siberian Chiffchaff, 3 Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, the funky looking Ring Ouzel, 52 Blackbird, 8 Redwing, a Song Thrush, 1 Black Redstart, a Stonechat, 1 Brambling and 12 Siskin.
Movement was generally slow with 70 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Great Northern Diver, 22 Cormorant, 41 Stock dove, a Skylark, 149 Starling, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, a Lesser Redpoll, 39 Goldfinch, 233 Siskin and 4 Reed Bunting.
Kilnsea wetlands had among all the usuals, 8 Pintail, a Tufted Duck, 30 Lapwing, 100 Black-tailed Godwit, and 12 Mediterranean Gull.
Ringing: 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.
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Ring Ouzel. John Hewitt.
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Sunny and mild with a F5 south westerly. Watches: 0700-0900.
The day was much quieter than of late with just a few highlights including a fantastic count of 279 Cormorant at the Point, a Caspian Gull and 25 Whooper Swans on Kilnsea wetlands. The.day saw much fewer migrants about with 5 Woodcock, 2 Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, 8 Goldcrest, 82 Blackbird, 3 Fieldafre, 44 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Stonechat and 2 Brambling.
Suprisingly very little on the move with just 5 Whooper Swan, 11 Eider, a possible Long-tailed Skua, 55 Stock dove, 3 Jackdaw, 38 Skylark, 465 Starling, a Grey Wagtail, 4 Alba Wagtail, 5 Chaffinch, a Twite, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 15 Goldfinch, 488 Siskin, a Snow Bunting and 7 Reed Bunting.
Kilnsea wetlands was as usual busy with 30 Shoveler, 482 Wigeon, 3 Pintail, 110 Teal, 3 Little Egret, 20 Lapwing, 110 Black-tailed Godwit, a Greenshank and a Mediterranean Gull.
Ringing: 1 Wood Pigeon, 8 Blackbird, 1 Tree Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.
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Song Thrush. John Hewitt.
Fieldfare. John Hewitt.
Cormorants. John Hewitt.
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Sunny spells with a F3-4 south westerly. Watches: 0700-1030.
The end of the autumn arrivals? saw a small influx of Passerines which included a Long-eared Owl, 5 Woodcock, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, 3 Chiffchaff, 50 Blackbird, 107 Fieldare, 154 Redwing, 3 Song Thruish, a Black Redstart, 6 Stonechat, a Grey Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Brambling, 5 Lapland Bunting and a nice flock of 34 Snow Bunting by the breach.
Visisble migration has been strange at times this year, but another 912 Siskin flew south in a record autumn for them here along with 9 Stock dove, 11 Skylark, 76 Starling, 2 Hoiuse Sparrow, 5 Tree Sparrow, a Dunnock, 3 Alba Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 5 Rock Pipit, 18 Chaffinch, 27 Brambling, 5 Greenfinch, 6 Twite, 11 Linnet, 31 Goldfinch and 16 Reed Bunting. Over the sea the best were 3 Whooper Swan, 30 Teal, a Scaup, 21 Eider and a Great Northern Diver. Full counts on Trektellen.
The Egyptian Goose was still hanging out with the Greylag flock and 2 Pale-bellied Brent were nearby and good counts of 36 Shoveler and 200 Black-tailed Godwit were made on Kilnsea wetlands.
Ringing: 10 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Robin, 3 Starling, 1 Dunnock, 2 Tree Sparrow, 3 Sisikin, 1 Twite (colour ringed), 1 Yellowhammer.
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Eider, Wigeon and Shoveler heading south over the sea. Adam Hutt.
Pale-bellied Brent with Brent Geese and Wigeon. Adam Hutt.
Monday, 15 November 2021
A day of blue skies and sun with 2 hours of dense fog mid morning and a light westerly. Watches: 0700-1530.
The sunny conditions continued wrecking any chances over the weekend of any decent arrivals, but some birds did drop on ahead of an arriving bank of fog. The best of the grounded migrants included a DUSKY WARBLER in Sykes field (maybe a new bird, as thought to be unringed, but views were inconclusive), a partially leucistic Ring Ouzel, 7 Woodcock, a Jack Snipe, 6 Snipe, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Siberian Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 20 Goldcrest, 150 Blackbird, 10 Fieldfare, 166 Redwing, 9 Song Thrush, 7 Rock Pipit, 16 Chaffinch, 5 Brambling, 15 Twite, 21 Siskin and 3 Lapland Bunting.
There was again a bit of movement despite the slack winds with another 664 Siskin, a ringtail Hen Harrier which headed east out to sea, a Swallow, 30 Tree Sparrow, 6 Alba Wagtail, 21 Meadow Pipit, 7 Rock Pipit, 8 Chaffinch, 6 Brambling, 6 Grenfinch, 4 Lesser Redpoll, a Snow Bunting, 13 Yellowhammer and 16 Reed Bunting, while over the sea 250 Pink-footed Geese, 110 Wigeon, 91 Teal, 24 Eider, a Great Crested Grebe, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 52 Little Gull and 80 Kittiwake. Full counts on Trektellen.
Ringing: 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Rock Pipit, 32 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 17 Redwing, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 3 Robin, 1 Brambling, 6 Twite (colour ringed), 1 Goldfinch.
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Hen Harrier and Kestrel. Thomas Willoiughby.
Ring Ouzel, Thomas Willoughby.
Ring Ouzel. Thomas Willoughby.
Twite colour ringed at the Warren. Tim Jones. Declining in the county as a breeding species, we need observers to keep an eye out for colour ringed birds in Yorkshire and further afield. Spurn birds have a gaudy violet ring over the metal ring on the left leg and 2 colour rings on the right.