Wednesday, 12 May 2021

A warm sunny day with a F4-2 south easterly.  Watches: 0520-0930.

A CATTLE EGRET briefly on kilnsea wetlands, then spent the rest of the day in the triangle along with a Little Egret. A Temminck's Stint on kilnsea wetlands arrived from the east and from plumage may be a new bird, while a Little Stint was still present here and a Spoonbill spent a while here, then flew off south as did a Wood Sandpipier on nearby Holderness field.

The Turtle Dove remains at the Point plus the Cetti's Warbler, while other counts of migarnts were 2 Cuckoo, 2 Short-eared Owl, 7 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Garden Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Whinchat, 55 Wheatear, a White Wagtail and a Lesser Redpoll.

Moving in addition to those mentioned above were 5 Swift, 16 Jackdaw, 21 Sand Martin, 424 Swallow, 77 House Martin, an Alba Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit, a Chaffinch, 35 Linnet and 25 Goldfinch.

Ringing: 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackbird, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Robin, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet.

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Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Sunny spells, showers in the afternoon with a warm F4 south easterly.  Watches: 0535-1100.

It was another good day with a Temminck's Stint still present on Kilnsea wetlands, but flying off high north west, along with a Little Stint, while there were 2 Wood Warbler (Point and Canal), a Turtle Dove at the Point and 2 Black Redstart. Other migrants included a Cuckoo, 18 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, a Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Whinchat, 59 Wheatear, a Tree Pipit, 3 Mealy Redpoll, a Lesser Redpoll and 1 Siskin, with the Cetti's Warbler still at the Point.

A Garganey flew south past the Warren as did a Red Kite.and Hooded Crow.along with a Marsh Harrier, 3 Collared Dove, 17 Jackdaw, 4 Rook, 27 Sand Martin, 629 Swallow, 67 House Martin, a Grey Wagtail, 2 Alba Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 36 Linnet and 21 Goldfinch.

Ringing: 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Redpoll.

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Monday, 10 May 2021

A sunny morning, rain showers in the afternoon and a F4 south westerly. Watches: 0540:1800.

It was another great day of movement and while there was a departure of the previous days grounded migrants there were a few new bits in. The best of the days sightings were 2 Temminck's Sint mobile around the Kilnsea wetlands area, along with 2 Little stint and a nice male Blue-headed Wagtail in the same area. 

Following on nicely from yesterday there was some good overland movement with 12 Barnacle Geese, 2 Marsh Harrier, a ringtail Hen Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 13 Swift, 3 Hobby, 6 Jackdaw, 3 Skylark, 66 Sand Martin, 2210 Swallow, 99 House Martin, 48 Flava Wagtail, a Grey Wagtail, 2 Alba Wagtail, 4 Tree Pipit, 16 Chaffinch, 57 Linnet, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 19 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin, 6 Corn Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer and a Cuckoo which gainged height out of Churchfield till a speck in the sky, heading off south east.

Grounded migrants and breeders while down on previous day, still had some good totals, 35 Whimbrel, 2 Turtle Dove still Point and northfield, 2 Short-eared Owl, 11 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 26 Sedge Warbler, a Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 10 Lesser Whitethroat, 56 Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Black Redstart, a Whinchat, 35 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail, a White Wagtail and 1 Tree Pipit, while at the Point the male Cetti's Warbler is still singing.

The Kilnsea wetlands area held 150 Brent Geese, 2 Canada Geese, the Whooper Swan, 3 Wigeon, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 Common Sandpiper and 4 Greenshank, with 450 Oystercatcher, 100 Grey Plover, 1400 Dunlin and 2 Mediterranean Gull on the Humber. 

Ringing: 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher.

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Sunday, 09 May 2021

A warm day with sunny spells and scattered showers and a F4-5 south westerly.  Watches: 0530-1720.

A fantastic day of arrivals and overland movement. Therre were several firsts for the year with a Curlew Sandpiper and Wood Sandpiper at Kilnsea wetlands, 2 Wood Warbler (Point and Beacon lane), 2 Turtle Dove (Point and Kilnsea0 and 5 Spotted Flycatcher. There were great totals of grounded migrants, 47 Whimbrel, 7 Common Sandpiper, 6 Cuckoo, 1 Short-eared Owl, the Cetti's Warbler still at the Point, 18 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, a Grasshopper Warbler, 12 Blackcap, a Garden Warbler, 10 Lesser Whitethroat, 36 Whitethroat, a Ring Ouzel, 1 Pied Flycatcher, a Redstart, 13 Whinchat, 136 Wheatear, a White Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit, 3 Lesser Redoll and 11 Siskin. 

The vis-miggers had their best day of the spring so far, with 3 Marsh Harrier, a Red Kite, 1 Snipe, 46 Swift, 2 Hobby, 70 Sand Martin, 1736 Swallow, 119 House Martin. 90 Flava Wagtail, 3 Alba Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 96 Linnet, 51 Goldfinch, a Siskin, 4 Corn Bunting and a Yellowhammer, with 6 Arctic Tern, 3 Curlew and 2 Sanderling out east.

The Whooper Swan was still at Kilnsea wetlands along with 2 Canada Geese and 28 Little Tern nearby on Beacon ponds.

Ringing: 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Dunnock.

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Saturday, 08 May 2021

A cool, generally overcast day with increasingly heavy rain, easing in the afternoon and a strong F5-6 south easterly.  Watches: 0545-1115.

It was not a great day to be out and about with the rain and wind making it difficult. Migrant numbers were unsuprisingly lower with 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Swift, 2 Short-eared Owl, 50 Sand Martin, 4 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 5 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, a Grasshopper Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 13 Whitethroat, a Ring Ouzel, 1 Redstart, 29 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagatil and 3 Siskin.

The best of the birds on the move over the sea was a Great Northern Diver out east plus 3 Tufted Duck, 45 Common Scoter and 62 Gannet, while overland a Marsh Harrier, 7 Swift, 5 Sand Martin. 35 Swallow and a Flava Wagtail. Up at Kilnsea wetlands the Whooper Swan remained.   

Ringing: 1 Reed Warbler. 

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Friday, 07 May 2021

A sunny day with frequent cold showers in the afternoon, witha F4 north westerly-F2 south easterly..  Watches: 0600-1015.

It was a great day all round with a nice selection of good species seen. A Crane over Kilnsea, landed west of Sammy's, 2 Spoonbill and a White-fronted Goose heaeded south east out to sea, a Great White Egret flew west at Sammy's, 2 Hooded Crow were in Easington, the Barnacle Goose and Whooper Swan both still on KIlnsea wetlands and the Cetti's Warbler still at the Point.

Grounded migrant numbers were decent with 34 Whimbrel, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Cuckoo, a Short-eared Owl, 165 Sand Martin, 4 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 29 Sedge Warbler, a Grasshopper Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 4 Garden Warbler, 29 Whitethroat, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Ring Ouzel, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Black Redstart inc an adult male, 2 Wheatear, 2 White Wagtail and a male Brambling.

There was a bit of overland movement in addition to the birds above, with a Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 3 Sand Martin, 63 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 5 Flava Wagtail and a Corn Bunting.

Ringing: 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chaffinch.

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Thursday, 06 May 2021

Sunny with the odd shower, becoming heavier by the evening and a variable F3 south west-north east.  Watches: 0600-1130.

The male Golden Oriole continued to show well along the canal, while the first Garden Warbler of the spring was at the Point and the first Hobby flew south. Grounded migarnts included a Little-ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Short-eared Owl, 2 Swift, 25 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 5 Willow Warbler, 20 Chiffchaff, 9 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 48 Whitethroat, 2 Ring Ouzel, 5 Fieldfare, 10 Song Thrush, 2 Whinchat, 7 Yellow Wagtail, a White Wagtail and 1 Brambling, while the Cettti's Warbler was still at the Point.

Movement was again poor again, with a Spoonbill, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Whimbrel, 16 Jackdaw, 7 Rook, 15 Carrion Crow, 4 Sand Martin, 59 Swallow, 2 Flava Wagtail, 1 Alba Wagtail and a Linnet.

The Kilnsea wetlands area again held a Barnacle Goose, 295 Brent Geese, a Pale-bellied Brent, the Whooper Swan, 5 Wigeon, 8 Teal, 6 Little Egret and 4 Greenshank.

Ringing: 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Robin.

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Wednesday, 05 May 2021

Sunny spells and the odd shower with a F3 north west-north east wind. Watches:0610-0910.

A rather dapper male Golden Oriole stole the show, first seen at the Warren, showed well along the Canal in the afternoon and in the Warren heligoland trap. Migrants and returning breeders were again up for some species with 4 Common Sandpiper, a Long-eared Owl, 3 Short-eared Owl, a Swift, 4 Cuckoo, 5 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 14 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 19 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Ring Ouzel, 14 Fieldfare, 6 Song Thrush,a Redstart, 9 Wheatear, 7 Yellow Wagtail, a Brambling, 1 Siskin and a Hawfinch in the triangle, with a Hooded X Carrion Crow still in the area.

The Kilnsea wetlands offered good birding as usual with 300 Brent Geese, 2 Pale-bellied Brent, 2 Canada Geese, the Whooper Swan, 5 Wigeon, 13 Little Tern, 6 Little Egret, a Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Greenshank.

Ringing: 1 Blackcap.

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Tuesday, 04 May 2021

A day of intermittent heavy rain with a strong F7 north westerly.  Watches: 0620-0950.

The bird of the day was a Red-rumped Swallow at the Warren around 16:50, which flew off south (after a bird was reported in Kilnsea in the morning). Despite this bird, the conditions were not exactly good migration weather with just 2 Swift, a Sand Martin and 8 Swallow seen, but a Blackcap, a Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, a Mustle Thrush, 1 Robin and a Wheatear were seen coming in/off. The sea was better too with 2 Shoveler, a Tufted Duck, 13 Fulmar, 5 Manx Shearwater, 123 Gannet, 8 Oystercatcher, 2 Curkew, a Turnstone, 4 Kittiwake, 130 Herring Gull, 27 Sandwich Tern. an Arctic Skua, 32 Guillemot, 14 Razorbill and 2 Puffin, 74 Large Auk sp

Migrants numbers were lower than previous days, but understandable in the conditions with 18 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Cuckoo, the first Pied Flycatcher of the spring at Kew, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, a Ring Ouzel, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Redstart, a Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 4 Wheatear, 7 Yellow Wagtail, a White Wagtail, 1 Brambling and a Siskin.

The Barnacle Goose and Whooper Swan both remained at Kilnsea wetlands.

Ringing: 1 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler.

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Monday, 03 May 2021

Overcast with patchy sun, rain from late morning and an increasing F3 south westerly.  Watches: 0645-1030.

There is a small, daily turnover of migrants, the lastest small arrival saw the first Whinchat of the spring at Chalky point, plus 2 Common Sandpiper, 13 Sandwich Tern, an Arctic Tern on Kilnsea wetlands, 2 Cuckoo, 120 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 22 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, a Grasshopper Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 24 Whitethroat, a Goldcrest, 1 Ring Ouzel, 19 Wheatear, 19 Yellow Wagtail, 4 White Wagtail, a Brambling, 1 Mealy Redpoll and a Siskin. 

A small bit of overland movement saw 4 Wood Pigeon, 4 Rook, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Skylark, 21 Sand Martin, 136 Swallow, 11 House Martin, 47 Flava Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Alba Wagtail, a Tree Pipit, 15 Chaffinch, 17 Linnet, 45 Goldfinch and a Corn Bunting, with 3 Curlew out east.

Kilnsea wetlands held all the usuals along with the Whooper Swan, 2 Canada Geese, 110 Brent Geese, a Barnacle Goose, the Great White Egret and 4 Greenshank.

Ringing: 2 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Wren, 1 Mealy Redpoll.

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