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Thursday, 21 January 2021
Sunny skies with an increasing strong south-westerly wind. Watches: 0740-0955, 1100-1315.
There was a bit of movement over the sea with some decent totals, the best being 2 Pintail, 9 Teal, a Common Scoter, 61 Red-throated Diver, a Great Northern Diver, 25 Fulmar, 27 Gannet, 106 Kittiwake, 57 Black-headed Gull, a Mediterranean Gull, 84 Guillemot, 11 Razorbill and 117 Auk sp.
Other decent sightings during the day included 600 Brent Geese plus a Pale-bellied Brent, the Pochard, 3 Goldeneye, 500 Redshank and 3 Mediterranean Gull on Kilnsea wetlands and a Peregrine hunting the area.
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Teal. Ian Smith.
Shoveler. Ian Smith.
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
A stormy horrible day with rain on and off and a strong increasing south westerly. Watches: 0750-1005.
It was not a day to be out and about, the seawatch hut offered some respite, but then again few birds with 2 Pink-footed Geese, 12 Teal, 2 Velvet Scoter, 4 Common Scoter, 16 Red-throated Diver, 5 Gannet, a Cormorant and 3 Guillemot.
Kilnsea wetlands held the usuals along with a Pochard, 4 Goldeneye and a Common Scoter plus 70 Black-tailed Godwit. Other bits of interest included 2 Jack Snipe in Sykes field along with 6 Snipe, a Chiffchaff at Rose cottage and 10 Redwing in Churchfield.
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Common Scoter. John Hewitt.
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Rain on and off intensified after dark with a strong increasing westerly. Watches: 0750-1020.
The best of todays sightings mainly limited to the Kilnsea wetlands area with the Pochard, 4 Goldeneye, a Common Scoter, 90 Lapwing, 176 Black-tailed Godwit, 190 Curlew and 4 Mediterranean Gull.
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Monday, 18 January 2021
A dull day with sunny spells and a moderate westerly wind. Watches: 0745-1040.
A small bit of movement saw 4 Whooper Swan head south, along with 15 Wigeon, 2 Tufted Duck, 6 Common Scoter, 86 Red-throated Diver, 2 Cormorant, 3 Gannet, 2 Guillemot and 22 Auk sp.
The Black Brant re-appeared again with 850 Brent Geese and 10 Pink-footed Geese at Sammies and the Common Scoter, 3 Goldeneye and Pochard were all still on Kilnsea wetlands, along with 170 Black-tailed Godwit while 8 Woodcock were a good count in the area.
Ringing: 2 Blackbird.
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Whooper Swans heading south. John Hewitt.
Sunday, 17 January 2021
Blue skies and sunny with a modarate westerly. Watches: 0800-1000.
Highlights during the day included 4 Velvet Scoter south over the sea, 2 Jack Snipe (Warren and Clubley's) and a Snow Bunting at Chalk bank plus a decent count of 8 Snipe. The WEBS counts also saw 218 Lapwing on Easington straight, 190 Curlew and 490 Redshank , but only 43 Grey Plover.
Kilnsea wetlands yet again held some good totals for a relatively small water body with 216 Greylag Geese, 745 Wigeon, 109 Teal, 2 Pintail, 40 Mallard, 9 Shoveler, a Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard, 2 Goldeneye , a Greenshank and 198 Black-tailed Godwit with a Red-breasted Merganser on the Humber.
Ringing: 1 Woodcock, 2 Blackbird, 1 Tree Sparrow.
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Marsh Harrier. John Hewitt.
Saturday, 16 January 2021
A frosty start, then heavy rain easing to sunny spells by late afternoon with a strong westerly. Watches: 0755-1015.
There were some interesting counts and sightings during the day, the Common Buzzard sat on the feeders at Kew again, 288 Black-tailed Godwit on Holderness field and also 676 Wigeon in the area. The Pochard, Common Scoter and 3 Goldeneye all remained, but no sign of the Black Brant, though 650 Brent Geese were still about.
Other sightings included a Short-eared Owl and Mediterranean Gull at Beacon ponds, 2 Woodcock in Churchfield and a Barn Owl at Kilnsea wetlands.
Ringing: 1 Woodcock.
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Teal. Ian Smith.
Grey Seal. Tony Hull.
Friday, 15 January 2021
A grey cold overcast day with a moderate W wind. Watches: 0755-1010.
The snow inland brought a small dislacement of birds to the Spurn area, with a nice winter count of 14 Woodcock plus 550 Starling, 30 Blackbird, 40 Fieldfare, 16 Redwing and 6 Song Thrush, while a Common Buzzard was an unusual sight sat on the bird feeders at Kew!.
The Black Brant remained local along with 3 Pale-bellied Brent amongst 850 Brent Geese plus the usual good totals of Wildfowl on Kilnsea wetlands including 18 Shoveler, 503 Wigeon, a Pintail, 113 Teal, a Pochard, 1 Common Scoter and 3 Goldeneye, along with 19 Little Grebe, 97 Lapwing, 78 Black-tailed Godwit, 185 Redshank and a Greenshank.
Ringing: 1 Blackbird, 3 Redwing, 1 Yellowhammer.
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Black Brant with Brents. John Hewitt.
Thursday, 14 January 2021
constant rain all day with a moderate northerly. Watches: 0800-1000.
Little seen today due to the awful weather, even the relatively sheltered areas at Kilnsea wetlands and the seawatch hide were quiet. The best of KW were a Pochard, 3 Goldneye, a Common Scoter and 70 Black-tailed Godwit with the sea producing 2 Eider, a Red-throated Diver and 2 Gannet.
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Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Frosty start with the odd sunny spell and a moderate north westerly. Watches: 0800-1000, 1430-1530.
The best of the days asction was centred around Kilnsea wetlands with the Black Brant still present with 2 Pale-bellied Brent among 850 Brents. This area also attracted a Pochard, 2 Goldeneye, a Common Scoter, a Marsh Harrier, 1 Merlin, 78 Lapwing, a Greenshank and 49 Black-tailed Godwit with a Woodcock nearby in Kilnsea.
The sea had an Eider, 4 Common Scoter, 25 Red-throated Diver, a Gannet, 3 Cormorant, 41 Guillemot, 2 Razorbill and 16 Auk sp.
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Tuesday, 12 January 2021
A day of sunny spells and a moderate north westerly. Watches: 0750-1020.
Yet again the 800 strong flock of Brent Geese held an adult Black Brant and at least 1 Pale-bellied Brent and the Pochard, Common Scoter and 2 Goldneeye all remained on Kilnsea wetlands with all the usual Wildfowl. Also present were the wntering Greenshank and 42 Black-tailed Godwit.
The sea was quiet with just 5 Common Scoter, 10 Red-throated Diver, a Kittiwake and an Auk sp.
The best of the other sightings included a Woodcock at Driftwood, 1 Mediterranean Gull iand a Short-eared Owl n the triangle and both Peregrine and Merlin over the Humber.
Ringing: 1 Blue Tit, 3 Greenfinch.
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