Sunday, 14 November 2021

A nice sunny start to the day clouding over by early afternnion with a light F2 north easterly. Watches: 0645-1230.

The morning was rather poor with blue skies not dropping in amy overhead migrants, well not until it clouded over in the afternoon and suddenly birds began to appear. Totals for the day were 36 Woodcock, 3 Jack Snipe, a Long-eared Owl, 7 Short-eared Owl, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 18 Goldcrest, 2 Ring Ouzel, 471 Blackbird, 1219 Fieldfare, 656 Redwing, 7 Song Thrush, 12 Stonechat, the Richard's Pipit still on Clubleys, 19 Brambling and 23 Snow Bunting.

On the move were 47 Eider, north over the sea, 28 Skyalrk, 19 Meadow Pipit, 12 Rock Pipit, 2 Brambling, 30 Twite, 15 Linnet, 382 Siskin and 2 Lapland Bunting.

The Egypian Goose was still present with a Caspian Gull nearby on Kilnsea wetlands.

Ringing: 1 Barn Owl, 1 Woodcock, 55 Blackbird, 4 Redwing, 1 Robin, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Blue Tit, 4 Chaffinch, 4 Brambling, 3 Siskin, 7 Goldfinch, 6 House Sparrow.

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Saturday, 13 November 2021

Cloudy with drizzle and a F4 north westerly.  Watches: 0700-1605.

It was a day of arrivals in/off the sea and some grounded migrants the best being a Richard's Pipit on Clubley's, a goood flock of 19 Twite at Beacon ponds, 29 Snow Bunting (21 at the breach) and a Bearded Tit in Kilksea. Totals were 12 Woodcock, a Jack Snipe, 1 Swallow, 8 Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, 7 Goldcrest, 797 Starling in/off, 75 Blackbird, 5 Fieldfare, 142 Redwing in/off, a Song Thrush, 5 Stonechat, 3 Lesser Redpoll and 14 Siskin.

The best of a quiet sea were 5 Eider, a Red-breated Merganser, 1 Great Northern Diver, 26 Kittiwake, 32 Little Gull, 5 Mediterranean Gull, a Great Skua, 3 Arctic Skua and a Puffin.

The Egyptian Goose remained on Easington striaght with 175 Greylags, while on KIlnsea wetlands 47 Shoveler, 590 Wigeon, 6 Pintail, a Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 201 Black-tailed Godwit and a Greenshank were the highlights. 

Ringing: 2 Woodcock, 8 Blackbird, 6 Redwing, 1 Tree Sparrow, 1 Bullfinch, 3 Lesser Redpoll.

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Friday, 12 November 2021

Sunny spells with light rain and a F4-5 south westerly. Watches: 0650-1300.

The DUSKY WARBLER was still present elusive along the Canal, but it  was otherwise very quiet for migarnts with just 4 Woodcock, a Jack Snipe trapped in church field, 2 Chiffchaff, a Goldcrest, 42 Blackbird, 4 Fieldfare, a Song Thrush, 11 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 703 Starling in/off, a Grey Wagtail and 18 Siskin.

Little on the move heading south with just 7 Skylark, 127 Starling, 2 Twite, 47 Siskin and 12 Snow Bunting, while over the sea a Goosander, 1 Great Northern Diver, 3 Little Gull and an Arctic Skua were the best.

Much the same by Kilnsea wetlands with the Egyptian Goose still mingling with the Greylags, 15 Whoooper Swan and 3 Pale-bellied Brents.

Ringing: 1 Jack Snipe, 8 Blackbird, 4 Redwing, 1 Siskin.

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Thursday, 11 November 2021

Sunny spells with a F3 south westerly  Watches: 0645-1010.

It was another day of birds on the mvoe and there was a small but notiecable in/off arrival of birds at the Warren and continuing north west. The DUSKY WARBLER was seen again and a ring was evident so  seems likey to be the bird from the 5th. Furhter migrnat totals included 29 Woodcock, 8 Snipe, a Jack Snipe, 3 Short-eared Owl, 115 Fieldafre, 62 Redwing, 67 Blackbird, 6 Song Thrush, 9 Stonechat, 39 Dunnock, 32 Pied Wagtail, a Water Pipit, a Siberian Chiffchaff, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 6 Goldcrest, 87 Wren, 8 Brambling, 19 Twite and 27 Snow Bunting.

There was some decent southerly movement, but typically for the time of year diversity of species was low, but another 1104 Siskin headed south along with 40 Stock Dove, 6 Jackdaw, 3 Rook, 125 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 25 Tree Sparrow, 18 Meadow Pipit, 27 Rock Pipit, 22 Chaffinch, 10 Brambling, 16 Twite, 51 Linnet, 37 Goldfinch, a Corn Bunting, 9 Yellowhammer and 11 Reed Bunting.

There were still 14 Whooper Swan and the Egyptian Goose in the Kilnsea wetlands area along with a good total of 169 Black-tailed Godwit and 41 Shoveler. The Humber held 306 Brent geese, 3 Pale-bellied Brent, 386 Oystercatcher and 231 Bar-tailed Godwit.

Ringing: 1 Woodcock, 1 Blackbird, 1 Dunnock,1 Goldcrest, 4 Siskin, 3 Goldfinch, 26 Tree Sparrow, 1 Reed Bunting.

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Wednesday, 10 November 2021

Light rain on and off most of the day with a light F1 north westerly. Watches: 0700-1345.

There was little change overall with decent amonts of grounded migrants and some good southerly movement mainly for Siskin, a change in the weather to a more easterly airflow is predicted for the weekend, which, may bring more Thrushes and Finches. Thee day saw another great total of 1502 Siskin recorded at Numpties, while also moving were a Short-eared Owl in/off, 5 Jackdaw, 9 Skylark, 5 Chaffinch, a Brambling and a Lapland Bunting, while the best of the sea were 9 Pintail, 3 Goldeneye, a Goosander, 3 Little Gull and 4 Little Auk. Full counts on Trektellen.

Migrants included a fine total of 24 Snow Bunting (21 at Easington lagoon), a Water Pipit on the saltmarsh, 4 Siberian Chiffchaff and 6 Twite along with 6 Woodcock, a Jack Snipe, 10 Snipe, 9 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 7 Goldcrest, 8 Rock Pipit, 28 Chaffinch, 3 Brambling, 15 Lesser Redpoll and 23 Reed Bunting and good local birds of a Treecreeper on Vicars lane and 2 Cetti's Warbler in the triangle.

It was much the same in the Kilnsea wetlands area with the Egyptian Goose and 31 Whooper Swans still present, along with420 Wigeon and a Tufted Duck.

Ringing: 1 Curlew, 7 Redshank, 4 Knot, 3 Dunlin, 1 Wood Pigeion, 2 Redwing, 1 Blackbird, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Blackcap, 2 Blue Tit, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 7 Tree Sparrow, 1 House Sparrow.

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Tuesday, 09 November 2021

Sunny spells with a F3-5 south westerly. Watches: 0700-1000.

There was littlle change in terms of birds arriving, and fewer grounded migrants, but a DUSKY WARBLER appeared along the Canal ( so maybe the bird from the 5th?) while other totals were 2 Woodcock, 4 Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 85 Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, a Brambling and 8 Siskin. 

Not much on the move but a nice flock of 25 Twite headed south along with 30 Siskin and 5 Skylark, with the sea chipping in 12 Little Auk, 2 Eider, 2 Goldeneye, a Red-breated Merganser, 1 Goosander and a Great Northern Diver.

Up in the Kilnsea wetlands there were 17 Mute Swan, 18 Whooper Swan, 49 Shoveler, 361 Wigeon, 25 Pintail, 154 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, a Goldeneye and 16 Little Grebe.

Ringing: 5 Blacbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Blackcap, 2 Siskin, 2 Yellowhammer.

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Monday, 08 November 2021

Sunny spells with a light F2 north west - south westerly.. Watches: 0715-1020.

There was a small but decent arrival in the morning which brought the first Richard's Pipit of the autumn to the area which eventually headed off north plus another Little Bunting near the Warren gate. Totals were 2 Woodcock, a late Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffhcaff, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 200 Blackbird, 28 Fieldfare, 166 Redwing, 5 Song Thrush, a Stonechat, 3 Rock Pipit, 15 Chaffinch, 5 Brambling, 18 Siskin and Reed Bunting.

The day saw some movement but nothing of significance the best being over the sea with 13 Whooper Swan, 2 Scaup, 3 Eider, 7 Goldeneye, a Great Northern Diver, 2 Sooty Shearwater, a Manx Shearwater, a Shag and 3 Little Auk, while overland a Hen Harrier, 27 Stock Dove, 18 Skylark, a Jay, 1 Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail, a Water Pipit and 144 Siskin.

Up in the Kilnsea wetlands area there were still 18 Whooper Swan, an Egyptian Goose, 31 Shoveler and 16 Pintail among all the usuals.

Ringing: 16 Blackbird, 5 Redwing, 1 Wren, 1 Dunnock, 1 Starling, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Siskin, 9 Tree Sparrow, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Reed Bunting. (42 of 12 species).

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Sunday, 07 November 2021

A day of strong winds made life difficult, but even still some birds were arriving in/off, though southbound movement was almost non existent. The few grounded migrants about included a Woodcock, 8 Short-eared Owl, 5 Chiffchaff, a Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 120 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare in, 37 Redwing (17 in), a Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, a Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Brambling and  22 Siskin.

The best of any movement saw 7 Whooper Swan, a Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander, a Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier,37 Stiock Dove, 2 Rook, 6 Jackdaw, a Swallow, 1 House Martin, 32 Skylark, 6 Rock Pipit and 35 Siskin recorded, while over the sea 137 Gannet, a Tufted Duck, 4 Pintail, 5 Eider, 1 Goosander, 16 Little Gull and a Mediterranean Gull. 

Up in the Kilnsea wetlands area the 2 Egyptian Geese, 29 Whooper Swan and 3 Pale-bellied Brent among 350 Brent Geese.

Ringing: 7 Blackbird, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Siskin.

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Saturday, 06 November 2021

Cloudy with sunny periods and a cool F4-6 south westerly.  Watches: 0650-1345.

It was decent day for birds on the move, though little diversity overall the best being 2 Water Pipit and a good total of 1221 Siskin heading south plus 7 Stock Dove, 4 Jackdaw, 12 Skylark, 75 Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush, an Alba Wagtail, 9 Meadow Pipit, 10 Rock Pipit, 13 Chaffinch, 4 Brambling, 2 Greenfinch, 73 Linnet, 3 Twite, 4 Redpoll, 10 Goldfinch and 6 Reed Bunting, while the best over the sea  were 313 Pink-footed Geese, 28 Whooper Swan, 4 Pintail, 10 Eider and a Goosander.20 Siskin, 

It was difficult looking for migrants in the strong blustery wind the best being a Red-breasted Flycatcher found late on in Canal hedge, (which will be looked for in the morning) plus 4 Woodcock, 7 Snipe in/off, a Short-eared Owl in/off, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, a Ring Ouzel, 106 Blackbird, 7 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, a Black Redstart, 5 Stonechat, a Wheatear, 6 Brambling and 3 Snow Bunting with a Cetti's Warbler at Wire dump.

There are now 2 Egyptian Geese on Easington straight along with 29 Whooper Swan with around 1000 Pink-footed Geese dropping in to roost.om Kilnsea wetlands .

Ringing: 11 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Siskin, 1 Lesser Redpoll. 

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Friday, 05 November 2021

Bright, sunny and mild with a F4 westerly. Watches: 0700-1000.

It was another decent day, the highlight a DUSKY WARBLER trapped in Church field, where it showed on and off, while again there was some decent totals of grounded migrants and arrivals in/off, 8 Woodcock, a Jack Snipe, 7 Short-eared Owl in/off, a Jay, 139 Starling, 337 Blackbird, 413 Fieldfare, 447 Redwing, 8 Song Thrush, 1 Black Redstart, a late Wheatear, 5 Stonechat, 1 Water Pipit, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 16 Goldcrest, 26 Chaffinch, 12 Brambling, 16 Twite, 476 Siskin, 6 Snow Bunting and 2 Lapland Bunting.

There was some movement over the sea the best being 121 Pink-footed Geese, 7 Pintail, 68 Eider, 124 Common Scoter, a Goldeneye, 10 Red-breasted Merganser and 2 Little Auk. Full counts on Trektellen.

The Egyptian Goose appeared again on Easington straight among the 15 Whooper Swan with Kilnsea wetlands hosting 47 Shoveler, 9 Pintail, a Tufted Duck, 60 Black-tailed Godwit, a Purple Sandpiper, 350 Redshank and a Spotted Redshank.

Ringing: 49 Blackbird, 10 Redwing, 1 Robin, 4 Wren, 1 Dusky Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Brambling, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet, 1 Chaffinch, 5 Lesser Redpoll, 14 Tree Sparrow.

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