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Sunday, 06 March 2022
A bright and sunny spring like day with a cool 3-5 north easterly. Watches: 0700-1015.
It was a nice day out and about, with maybe the first north bound Chiffchaff of the spring at Kew, while the day also saw a southbound Red Kite and 24 Snow Bunting wandering the area.
On the move were 3 Eider, a Piintail, 92 Red-throated Diver, a Great Northern Diver, 8 Gannet, 62 Kittiwake, 41 Herring Gull, 14 Guillemot, a Razorbill and 87 Large Auk sp while overland 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, a Rock Pipit and 4 Meadow Pipit.
The 2 Black Brant were up in the Holderness field area along with a Pale-bellied Brent and at least 1 Hybrid Brant among 350 Brents with a Short-eared Owl nearby.
Ringing: 3 Chaffinch.
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Wigeon. Hazel Wiseman.
Brent Geese plus hybrid Brant in front of one of Spurns famous landmarks, the Listening dish. Hazel Wiseman.
Saturday, 05 March 2022
Generally overcast with showers and a cold 4-6 northerly. Watches: 0700-1000, 1100-1300..
A busy day again with the work party in Corner field busy with footapths etc so little birding was done but a Water Pipit was a good sighting from the borrow pit before flying south.
The sea was given the once over in the morning the best of it being 3 Wigeon, an Eider, 16 Common Scoter, 31 Red-throated Diver, 80 Gannet, 34 Kittiwake, 49 Common Gull, 34 Guillemot and 72 Large Auk sp.
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Goldeneye. Denise Shields.
Friday, 04 March 2022
Low cloud with rain all day and a 3-4 south easterly. Watches: 0700-1000.
A very quiet day the conditions no doubt to blame, even the sea was quiet, the best being 5 Common Scoter and a Short-eared Owl at long bank.
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Short-eared Owl. Denise Shields.
Thursday, 03 March 2022
Overcast with a F2-3 easterly. Watches: 0650-1005, 1430-1615,
Very quiet today, on the move were 2 Pintail, 11 Common Scoter, 43 Red-throated Diver and 2 Gannet, while elsewhere 90 Fieldfare and 12 Redwing at Easington cemetery with a Chiffchaff nearby at the sewage works and 60 Tree Sparrow in the area.
Just outside the area 2 Black Brant east of Skeffling along with 4 Pale-bellied Brent, a hybrid Brant among 500 Brent Geese and 25 Whooper Swan.
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Whooper Swans. Brian Walker.
Black Brants and hybrid among the Brent flock. Colin Bushell.
Wednesday, 02 March 2022
Overcast grey day with a F2-3 easterly. Watches: 0700-0900, 0930-1200.
A bit of a poor day with little on offer with only the sea having anything of note, 2 Eider, 22 Red-throated Diver, a Fulmar, 1 Gannet, 3 Common Scoter and 6 Large Auk sp.
Ringing: 3 Tree Sparrow.
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Shoveler. Adam Hutt.
Tuesday, 01 March 2022
A nic espring like day, blue skies and a light F3-5 north easterly. Watches: 0700-1015.
It was a day of some limited movement over sea and land with a Shelduck, 5 Common Scoter, a Goosander, 48 Red-throared Diver, 12 Cormorant, 2 Gannet, a Kittiwake, 4 Guillemot, 14 Large Auk sp, 3 Rook, 7 Jackdaw, a Skylark and 3 Greenfinch.
Elsewhere there were 2 Pale-bellied Brent, 21 Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck and 17 Black-tailed Godwit in the Kilnsea wetlands area, a Mediterranean Gull on the Humber, 2 Siskin at Kew and 2 Snow Bunting wandering between the breach and the Warren, while the nice weather brought a Tortoiseshell butterfly out onto the wing at the wetlands..
Ringing: 1 House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Siskin, 1 Goldfinch.
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Tortoiseshell butterfly. Harry Appleyard.
Monday, 28 February 2022
Overcast with light rain became heavier with a F4-5 south easterly. Watches: 0700-1015.
The Black Brant was present again among a good flcok of 877 Dark-bellied Brent which also included 4 Pale-bellied Brent, a Hybrid Brant and Lucy.
There was some decent varied movement over the sea which saw a Shoveler, 1 Shelduck, 20 Teal, 5 Eider, a Velvet Scoter, 4 Common Scoter, 3 Goldeneye, 34 Red-throated Diver, a Gannet, 78 Herring Gull, 13 Guillemot and 20 Large Auk sp.
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Great Black-backed Gull feeding on Porpoise. Denise Shields.
Kestrel. Harry Appleyard.
Sunday, 27 February 2022
Another sunny day with a F4-6 south easterly. Watches: 0710-1010.
It was a quieter day overall but another 1158 Pink-footed Geese flew north west, but little else on the move.
A ringtail Hen Harrier flew south along Marsh lane towards Sammy's, the Black Brant was on Kilnsea wetlands with a Hybrid Brant plus the Leucistic Brent (Lucy), the Siberian Chiffchaff at the sewage works and lastly 15 Snow Bunting wandered the area.
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Curlew. Brian Walker.
Oystercatcher. John Hewitt.
Saturday, 26 February 2022
A nice sunny day with an increasing F3-5 southerly. Watches: 0700-1030.
The morning was busy for the vis miggers with another 3072 Pink-footed Geese and 12 Whooper Swan heading north west plus 18 Teal, 72 Red-throated Diver and 6 Cormorant, while overland 35 Starling, 9 Skylark, an Alba Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, 6 Rock Pipit, 7 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 11 Greenfinch, 22 Linnet, a Yellowhammer and 10 Reed Bunting.
Elsewhere the Siberian Chiffchaff was still at the sewage works, 180 Pintail on the Humber at Sammy's and 2 Common Buzzard here.
Ringing: 1 Great Tit, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch.
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Pink-footed Geese on the move. Harry Appleyard.
Pink-footed Geese and wind turbine. Harry Appleyard.
Friday, 25 February 2022
A lovely sunny day with a decreasing F4-1 north westerly. Watches: 0715-1030.
It was a pleasanrt day out in the sun with the flock of 41 Snow Bunting again the highlight wandering the Warren to breach area. The day also saw some movement with 35 Pink-footed Geese north, 5 Brent Geese out east, 62 Red-throated Diver, 2 Curlew, 145 Large Auk sp, 12 Guillemot and 2 Razorbill with a Marsh Harrier, 2 Rook, 4 Jackdaw and 4 Skylark overland.
Up in the Kilnsea wetlands area a Pale-bellied Brent, a hybrid Brant, 310 Wigeon, 29 Black-tailed Godwit and a Short-eared Owl.
Ringing: 1 Blackbird, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Robin.
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Sparrowhawk. Thomas Willoughby.