Saturday, 14 August 2021

Sunny spells and the odd shower with a F4-5 south westerly.  Watches: 0600-1230, 1800-2100.

There was yet again some decent movement over the sea, but just a trickle overland. In the bushes there were small numbers of grounded migrants with a Wood Warbler trapped at Kew, where a Spotted Flycatcher was present (both firsts of the autumn),  a Cuckoo, 33 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, a Garden Warbler, a Song Thrush, a Whinchat, 11 Yellow Wagtail and a Tree Pipit.

On the move offshore from the seawatch hide were 2 Mallard, 25 Common Scoter, 7 Goosander in, a Red-throated Diver, 3 Fulmar, 51 Gannet, 99 Oystercatcher, 51 Ringed Plover, 21 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Turstone, 42 Knot, 45 Dunlin, a Little Stint in/off, 80 Sanderling, 12 Snipe, 79 Redshank, a Greenshank, 3 Little Gull, 3 Little Tern, 2 Black Tern, an Arctic Skua and a Puffin, while the evening roost movement, which has not got going yet had 970 Common and 153 Arctic Tern. Overlandjust 27 Swift, 8 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 11 Yellow Wagtail, a Pied Wagtail and 13 Linnet.

Kilnsea wetlands was again brimming over withn a fantastic seection of birds with a Spoonbill, Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, a Pintail, 20 Teal, 4 Little-ringed Plover, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Ruff, 3 Curlew Sandpiper (2 juvenile), 4000 Dunlin, 8 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 250 Redshank, 22 Greenshank, a Little Gull, 51 Mediterranean Gull, a 2cy Caspian Gull (XPEU making a re-appearance) and a Merlin.

Ringing: 1 Common Tern, 1 Dunlin, 5 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Wood Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Dunnock, 1 Wren, 2 Robin, 1 Linnet.

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Friday, 13 August 2021

Sunny spells with a F5 south westerly.  Watches: 0600-1550.

There was a fine selection of Waders and Gulls on Kilnsea wetlands, with high tide being a great time to visit, totals of a Spoonbill, 10 Little Egret, a Pintail, 20 Teal, 7 Little-ringed Plover, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, a Little Stint, 6 Ruff, a Curlew Sandpiper, 9 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, 371 Redshank, 9 Greenshank, 1000 Black-headed Gull, a Little Gull, 33 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Caspian Gull (2 juveniles, 2cy) and a Hobby.

Over the sea, it was another morning of mainly Waders trickling over the sea, among a few other species, 4 Shoveler, 13 Teal, 71 Common Scoter, 3 Fulmar, 157 Gannet, 56 Oystercatcher, 7 Ringed Plover, 7 Whimbrel, a Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Turnstone, 33 Knot, 6 Dunlin, 5 Snipe, 79 Redshank, 2 Little Gull, an Arctic Skua and a Great Skua, while the evening roost movement had 702 Sandwich, 1467 Common and 18 Arctic and a Black Tern. Overland a decent 1732 Swift flew south along with 28 Sand Martin and 26 Swallow.

There were very few grounded migrants in the bushes with just 8 Willow Warbler, 2 Whinchat, 6 Yellow Wagtail and a Tree Pipit.

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Thursday, 12 August 2021

Polite reminder for all visitors: the Little Tern colony at Beacon Ponds is extremely vulnerable to disturbance. PLEASE STAY WELL AWAY from the fenced area of beach which is clearly signposted, and respect the wardens on duty. Up to 60 birds are present regularly in the colony and can be viewed well from the flood bank.

Sunny and warm and a F3 south westerly.  Watches: 1845-2045.

The first juvenile Curlew Sandpiper of the autumn on KIlnsea wetlands, some more Waders moving south over the sea, but the undoubted highlight of the day were 8 BEE-EATER by Willow cottage, which eventually headed south to the triangle feeding, returning back north, last seen heading north over the Cemetery. There was a big reduction down to 6 Willow Warbler, but a few new bits were about too, a Garden Warbler, a Pied Flycatcher, 3 Whinchat, a Wheatear, and 30 Yellow Wagtail.

It was another decentish day of Wader movement over the sea with 5 Shelduck, 12 Teal, 60 Common Scoter, 2 Fulmar, a Shag, 78 Oystercatcher, 6 Ringed Plover, a Little-ringed Plover, 33 Whimbrel, 13 Bar-tailed Godwit, 31 Turnstone, 107 Knot, 37 Dunlin, 31 Sanderling, a Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 16 Redshank, a Greenshank, 67 Little Gull, 3 Mediterranean Gull and a Great Skua, while the evening roost had 1075 Common, 2 Arctic Tern, 565 Sandwich and a Black Tern.

Kilnsea wetlands remained busy with plenty on offer with one of the usual Spoonbill, a Pintail, 4 Little-ringed Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 2 Curlew Sandpiper (including the first juvenile), 5600 Dunlin, 8 Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, 407 Redshank, 7 Greenshank, 1660 Black-headed Gull, 15 Little Gull, 22 Mediterranean Gull, a juvenile Caspian Gull, a Merlin and a Hobby.

A female Southern Migrant Hawker was released from the Heligoland trap in Churchfield as was a Brown Hawker.

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Wednesday, 11 August 2021

Sunny and warm and a F3 south westerly.  Watches: 0600-0845.

It was another good varied day with some movment over the sea and land, the evening Tern roost slowly building in numbers, plenty of Gulls and Waders to grill on Kilnsea wetlands and again some grounded Passerines to search for, with totals of 43 Willow Warbler, a Blackcap, 30 Whitethroat, a Pied Flycatcher, 15 Yellow Wagtail and a Wheatear.

On the move offshore from the seawatch hide were a Shelduck, 56 Common Scoter, 64 Gannet, 274 Oystercatcher, 4 Ringed Plover, 11 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Turnstone, 9 Knot, 21 Dunlin, a Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, a Greenshank, 4 Kittiwake and 11 Mediterranean Gull, while the Tern roost movement saw 276 Sandwich, 56 Arctic, 860 Common Tern and 2 Black Tern. Overland with an Osprey, 5 Sand Martin, 168 Swallow, 5 House Martin and 3 Yellow Wagtail.

The Kilnsea wetlands had its usual good mix of species with a Spoonbill, 1 Pintail, 6 Little-ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, a Curlew Sandpiper, 3500 Dunlin, 12 Snipe, 5 Common Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, 317 Redshank, 19 Greenshank, 4 Little Gull, 20 Mediterranean Gull, a juvenile Caspian Gull, 1 Short-eared Owl, a Merlin and a Hobby.

Ringing: 16 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 7 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Robin, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.

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Tuesday, 10 August 2021

A warm and sunny day with a F5-3 westerly.  Watches: 0540-1605.

A noticeable increase in grounded migrants, brought an Icterine Warbler to Sykes field plus a Cuckoo, a great count of 84 Willow Warbler, 7 Sedge Warbler and 2 Garden Warbler.

The day saw some varied movement over land and sea with maybe the previous days ringtail Hen Harrier, a Red Kite, 1 Cuckoo, 372 Swift, 64 Sand Martin, 2298 Swallow, 43 House Martin and 18 Tree Sparrow. Movement over the sea was again dominated by Waders with 7 Shelduck, a Teal, 4 Common Scoter, 5 Fulmar, 150 Gannet, 146 Oystercatcher, a Grey Plover, 18 Ringed Plover, 2 Little-ringed Plover, 11 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Turnstone, 3 Knot, 40 Sanderling, 48 Dunlin, 3 Redshank, a Greenshank, 34 Kittiwake, 4 Little Gull, 4 Mediterranean Gull, a Great Skua, 1 Pomarine Skua and 4 Arctic Skua, while the Tern roost movement saw 148 Sandwich, 21 Arctic and 529 Common Tern.

It was much the same on Kilnsea wetlands, 2 Spoonbill, 18 Little Egret, 2 Wigeon, a Pintail, 3 Little-ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, a Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper and 10 Greenshank.

Ringing: 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Blue Tit, 22 Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackbird, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet, 14 Swallow..

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Monday, 09 August 2021

A day of long sunny periods, showers in the afternoon and a F5 south easterly.  Watches: 0545-1840.

The 2cy Black Stork was again present this morning, seen in flight over Easington, evetually landing on Kilnsea wetlands briefly then headed south down the Peninsula and presumably towards Lincolnshire.

It was considerably quieter for birds on the move offshore, but the monthly totals for many are aready quite impressive with 2 Shelduck, 1 Teal, 13 Common Scoter, a Red-throated Diver, 138 Gannet, 99 Oystercatcher, 9 Grey Plover, 17 Ringed Plover, 3 Little-ringed Plover, 6 Whimbrel, a Curlew, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit, 18 Turnstone, 21 Knot, 38 Sanderling, 35 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 10 Redshank, a Wood Sandpiper, 498 Kittiwake and 4 Arctic Skua, while the evening Tern roost had 338 Common, 44 Arctic and 93 Sandwich. Overland movement was much diminished too, 4 Marsh Harrier, a ringtail Hen Harrier, 104 Swift, a Grey Wagtail, 10 Sand Martin and 43 Swallow.

The Kilnsea wetlands area had the usual 2 Spoonbill which flew off south in the afternoon along with 2 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 4 Little-ringed Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, a Curlew Sandpiper, 1500 Dunlin, 6 Snipe, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 10 Greenshank, 15 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Caspian Gull and 45 Little Tern.

Ringing 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Wren.

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Sunday, 08 August 2021

A day of long sunny periods, showers in the afternoon and a F5 south easterly.  Watches: 0545-1840.

It was a great day for movement over the sea for Waders and Duck and overland for Swift mainly late afternoon. The star of the show was a 2cy BLACK STORK, which tracked very slowly down from Grimston, eventually reaching Out Newton, landing in cut fields during a heavy shower, then entered the recording area over the south side of Easington, where it lingered attracting the attention of the local Peregrines. It eventually drifted off northwest around 4pm and apparently landed in fields out of sight from the road in the Skeffling/ Out Newton area. 

On the move offshore from the seawatch hide were 3 Shelduck, 318 Teal, a Scaup, 293 Common Scoter, a Great White Egret, 169 Gannet, 345 Oystercatcher, 16 Golden Plover, 8 Grey Plover, 51 Ringed Plover, 2 Little-ringed Plover, 43 Whimbrel, 15 Curlew, 11 Bar-tailed Godwit, 73 Turnstone, 442 Knot, 2 Ruff, 248 Sanderling, 1106 Dunlin, 7 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 124 Redshank, a Greenshank, 121 Kittiwake, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull and 3 Arctic Skua, while the evening Tern roost began with modest numbers involving 278 Common, 9 Arctic, 119 Sandwich and 2 Black Tern.

The vismiggers at last had some birds to count overland with 3 Marsh Harrier, 3307 Swift, 160 Sand Martin and 154 Swallow.

The Kilnsea wetlands area, again entertaiined, 2 Spoonbill, a Wood Sandpiper, 1 Pintail, a Wigeon, 102 Teal, 4 Little-ringed Plover, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, a Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 15 Greenshank, 36 Mediterranean Gull, a juvenile Caspian Gull and 45 Little Tern.

Ringing 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Wren.

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Saturday, 07 August 2021

Sunny spells and a F4-5 south westerly.  Watches: 0600-1300.

There were still some good bits on offer especially in the Kilnsea wetlandsa area, 8 Shoveler, a Pintail, 25 Teal, 3 Spoonbill, a Lapwing, 4 Little-ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, a Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, a Wood Sandpiper, 544 Redshank, 7 Greenshank, a juvenile Caspian Gull and 4 Mediterranean Gull.

Each day seems to bring decent numbers of Waders heading south over the sea, but no big pushes yet with a Shelduck, 204 Teal, 49 Common Scoter, 91 Gannet, 80 Oystercatcher, a Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, a Little-ringed Plover, 17 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Turnstone, 224 Knot, 100 Sanderling, 31 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 148 Redshank, 121 Kittiwake, 2 Little Gull and an Arctic Skua.

Ringing: 3 Blackcap, 1 Dunnock, 1 Wren.

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Friday, 06 August 2021

Scattered showers, with thunderstorms late in the day with a F4 south westerly.  Watches: 0520-1740.

The day had a great mix of grounded migrants, some fantastic numbers of Waders and species variety, pushing south offshore, while the Kilnsea wetlands and Beacon ponds area continues to offer up some great birding, especially at high tide with 3 Spoonbill, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Pintail, 72 Teal, a Tufted Duck, 26 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Little-ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 5 Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 9 Greenshank, 2 Little Gull, 35 Mediterranean Gull, a juvenile Caspian Gull and 75 Little Tern.

The trickle of daily grounded migrants continues, today saw the first Pied Flycatcher and 2 Garden Warbler of the autumn along with 13 Willow Warbler and a Wheatear.

Moving south offshore from the seawatch hide were 4 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 246 Teal, 376 Common Scoter, 2 Manx Shearwater, 313 Gannet, 44 Oystercatcher, a Golden Plover, 9 Grey Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, 48 Whimbrel, 4 Curlew, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 70 Turnstone, 222 Knot, 80 Sanderling, 24 Dunlin, 5 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, 61 Redshank, a Greenshank, 58 Kittiwake, 11 Little Gull, a Great Skua and 14 Arctic Skua, with just 42 Swift heading south.

Rin ging 2 Great Tit, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler.

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Thursday, 05 August 2021

A warm sunny day rain late in the day with a F3-4 south easterly.  Watches: 0550-1150.

The day was similar to the previous few, Kilnsea wetlands enjoying the bulk of the good birding with 37 Mallard, 2 Pintail, 19 Teal, 3 Spoonbill, 36 Little Egret, 4 Little-ringed Plover, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 6 Common Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, 544 Redshank, 7 Greenshank, a juvenile Caspian Gull, 2cy Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Little Gull, 3 Mediterranean Gull.

Migrant totals were also siimilar, but with the right winds the first Pied Flycatchers or drift migrants could arrive. Today's totals were 3 Chiffchaff, 11 Willow Warbler, 11 Sedge Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 37 Whitethroat, a Wheatear, 6 Yellow Wagtail and a Tree Pipit.

The sea had 3 Shelduck, 18 Teal, 215 Common Scoter, a Red-breasted Merganser, 62 Gannet, 14 Oystercatcher, 2 Golden Plover, 12 Whimbrel, 3 Turnstone, 78 Knot, 6 Sanderling, 29 Dunlin, a Green Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, 23 Kittiwake, 72 Sandwich Tern and 3 Arctic Skua.

Ringing: 2 Great Tit, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap.

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