Thursday, 28 February 2019

A damp foggy goomy but mildish day with a F2-3 NE-NW wind.

Migration Watch: 0650-1030.

Not much happening today in the gloomy conditions, but still a few birds on the move south today, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 373 Starling, 2 Alba Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch and 3 Linnet.

Other bits of interest were 17 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 570 Wigeon, 70 Teal, 3 Goldeneye, 8 Avocet, 12 Black tailed Godwit in the Kilnsea Wetlands area.

Ringing: 3 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 1 Linnet, 1 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting.

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Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Sunny and warm again, cloudless and spring like.

Migration Watches: 0720-1100.

Vis-migging was quiet today with only, 3 Lapwing, 46 Jackdaw, 5 Rook, 2 Skylark, 120 Starling (with another 1700 on Clubley’s), 1 Linnet, 2 Siskin and 1 Goldfinch, but little seen over the sea with 12 Red-throated Diver the only birds of note.

Other bits of interest were 377 Brent Geese, the White-fronted Goose with 9 Whooper Swan and 32 Mute Swan, 6 Shoveler, 17 Gadwall, 344 Wigeon, 1 Goldeneye, 9 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 1 Greenshank and 9 Black-tailed Godwit in the Kilnsea wetlands area.

Ringing:  3 Great Tit, 1 Blackbird, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Wren, 1 Robin, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting.

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Tuesday, 26 February 2019

Sunny and wark, cloudless by late morning.

Migration Watches: 0730-1130.

Vis-migging produced, 40 Jackdaw, 6 Rook, 2 Skylark, 420 Starling,1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Alba Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Linnet, 2 Siskin and 1 Goldfinch, but only 5 Red-throated Diver over the sea.

Other bits of interest were the usual White-fronted Goose with 9 Whooper Swan and 25 Mute Swan, 10 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 400 Wigeon, 60 Teal, 3 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 170 Redshank and 6 Black-tailed Godwit in the Kilnsea wetlands area.

Ringing:  2 Great Tit, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer.

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Monday, 25 February 2019

Sunny and warm and virtually windless.

Migration Watches: 0650-1130.

It was a good day of vis-migging, both over land and sea which saw 22 Pink-footed Geese north, 2 Stock Dove, 29 Jackdaw, 8 Rook, 3 Carrion Crow, 9 Skylark, 409 Starling, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Tree Sparrow, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 13 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 2 Siskin, 1 Snow Bunting and 14 Reed Bunting make for a decent morning, while over the sea, 59 Wigeon, 4 Mallard, 1 Pintail, 3 Teal, 1 Goldeneye, 2 Common Scoter, 11 Red-throated Diver, 1 Gannet, 4 Cormorant, 65 Black-headed Gull, 34 Common Gull, 38 Herring Gull and 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Other bits of interest were the usual White-fronted Goose with 6 Whooper Swan, 8 Shoveler, a winter/spring record count of 27 Gadwall, 416 Wigeon, 66 Teal, 3 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 1 Greenshank and 4 Black-tailed Godwit in the Kilnsea wetlands area.

Ringing:  1 Blue Tit, 1 Blackbird, 1 Tree Sparrow, 1 Linnet.

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Sunday, 24 February 2019

Foggy again, but warm and sunny with a F2 S wind.

Watches: 0645-1600.

Another fine day, with more birds on the move in the decent weather. Day two of the work weekend, concentrating on the Warren Heligoland trap.

The drake Green-winged Teal made a re-appearance on Kilnsea wetlands today today with a Jack Snipe along the Canal..

Movement today over land 7 Greylag Geese, 19 Lapwing, 26 Golden Plover, 2 Stock Dove, 9 Wood Pigeon, 3 Jackdaw, 3 Rook, 2 Carrion Crow, 21 Skylark, 580 Starling, 1 House Sparrow, 2 Alba Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch and 7 Reed Bunting.

Over the sea, 4 Eider, 1 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 1 Red-throated Diver, 3 Cormorant, 65 Black-headed Gull, 13 Common Gull, 73 Herring Gull and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.

The Kilnsea wetlands area had, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 10 Shoveler, 485 Wigeon, 18 Gadwall, 40 Mallard, 46 Teal, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egret, 2 Avocet, 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 120 Redshank, while other bits on offer included , 2 Short-eared Owl and a Barn Owl in the area.

Ringing: 1 Great Tit, 12 Reed Bunting.

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Saturday, 23 February 2019

Fog till mid afternoon, then sunny day with distant haze and a F2 S wind

Watches: 0700-1615.

It was a busy day of work at the Warren repairing the Heligoland trap, which is in danger from the sea and having taken a battering from the weather. A trap in this spot has been in use since 1946 and was the first of its kind on mainland Britain.

The continued nice mild weather saw our first ever february Swallow fly south, 18 days earler than the previous on the 13th March 2017.

The foggy conditions obviouly put paid to any decent movement, but still saw 1 Lapwing, 7 Golden Plover, 2 Jackdaw blogging, 7 Carrion Crow, 5 Skylark, 89 Starling, 1 Alba Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 9 Siskin and 10 Reed Bunting head south.

Over the sea, 60 Pink-footed Geese, 4 Shoveler, 56 Wigeon, 7 Pintail, 4 Teal, 12 Common Scoter, 1 Scaup,  5 Red-throated Diver, 13 Cormorant, 7 Dunlin and 26 Black-headed Gull.

Other bits of interest were 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Short-eared Owl, Goldcrest at the Warren and a scatter of Thrushes in the Triangle.

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Friday, 22 February 2019

Yet another beautiful, warm spring, sunny day with a F3 SW-SSE wind.

Watches: 0755-1320.

The nice weather encouraged the vis-miggers with quite a diverse range of species with particularly good movements of Pink-footed Geese, Lapwing, Black-headed Gull and Greenfinch. Many people, also may not be aware that all species of Corvid move, and can sometimes be quite impressive from now to early April.

It was a day of eyes to the skies, with a fantastic total of 3511 Pink-footed Geese heading north, a bit of a rare occurence here in spring, as they generally take the cross country routes.

There were a nice varied overland movement today, 179 Lapwing, 4 Stock Dove, 4 Wood Pigeon, 34 Jackdaw, 12 Rook, 3 Carrion Crow, 27 Skylark, 357 Starling, 3 House Sparrow, 1 Alba Wagtail, 24 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 10 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 22 Greenfinch, 7 Linnet, 8 Siskin, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Lapland Bunting and 20 Reed Bunting.

Seawatching without decent winds had, 3 Teal, 4 Common Scoter, 67 Red-throated Diver, 210 Black-headed Gull, 66 Herring Gull and 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull while a female Scaup was on the Humber.

The 2 Shorelark were still on Easington lagoon, while nearby the Kilnsea wetlands area had, White-fronted Goose, 10 Whooper Swan, 31 Mute Swan, 278 Wigeon, 5 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 19 Mallard, 40 Teal, 2 Goldeneye, 3 Avocet, 18 Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Greenshank. Other bits on offer included, 3 Short-eared Owl in the area, 4 Stonechat, Goldcrest at the Warren and 3 Chiffchaff at the Sewage works in Easington.

Ringing: 2 Starling, 1 Dunnock, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch.

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Thursday, 21 February 2019

A glorious warm sunny day with a F2-3 SW wind.

Watches: 0645-1500.

A good day of visible migration so early in the ‘spring’, with many of the typical species you would expect to be moving, which included, the highlight of the day, Spurns 9th RAVEN flying south past the Numpties watchpoint.

Also on the move overland were another 33 Lapwing, 13 Stock Dove, 1 Kestrel, 8 Jackdaw, 3 Rook, 66 Skylark, 89 Starling, 8 Meadow Pipit, 10 Chaffinch, 13 Greenfinch, 20 Linnet, 3 Goldfinch, 8 Siskin and 46 Reed Bunting.

The male Black Redstart was by the Gas Terminal and the White-fronted Goose yet again with 10 Whooper Swan and 36 Mute Swan at Sammy’s.

It was quiet again over the sea with, 3 Common Scoter, 52 Red-throated Diver, 7 Cormorant, 16 Oystercatcher out north-east, 35 Black-headed Gull and 7 Auk.

Otherwise there were 6 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 350 Wigeon, 27 Mallard, 52 Teal, 3 Goldeneye, 7 Little Grebe, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 300 Redshank, Merlin and 2 Peregrine mainly in the Kilnsea wetlands area with 3 Chiffchaff at Easington sewage farm.

Ringing: 1 Starling, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Tree Sparrow.

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Wednesday, 20 February 2019

Overcast much of the day with some sunny periods and a F4-5 SW wind.

Watches: 0715-1200, 1320-1455, 1525-1620.

Much the same as the last few days with a trickle of movement over land and sea.

A nice female Hen Harrier toured the area plus 2 Snow Bunting were still at the Breach.

A few Gulls on the move saw a 3cy Iceland Gull fly south along with 137 Herring Gull, 1 Eider, 2 Common Scoter, 35 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 3 Gannet, 5 Cormorant, 5 Guillemot and 2 Auk sp while overland 3 Lapwing, 6 Carrion Crow, 4 Skylark, 99 Starling, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin and 41 Reed Bunting.

Ringing: 1 Robin.

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Monday, 18 February 2019

Overcast day with a brief heavy shower and a F3-4 SW wind.

Watches: 0820-0950.

The 2 Shorelark were again at Easington lagoon with the male Black Redstart on the Terminal rocks and the White-fronted Goose still present while a nice flock of 10 Snow Bunting were at the Breach.

A nice movement of 147 Lapwing heading south today, used to be regular in early spring sometimes in big numbers as birds headed out south-east. Also going south was a Marsh Harrier.

Over the sea were 35 Wigeon, 1 Eider, 1 Great Northern Diver, 11 Red-throated Diver and a Gannet.

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Sunday, 17 February 2019

Sunny day clouding over later with a F2-3 S wind.

Watches: 0700-0850.

The 2 Shorelark were still at Easington lagoon and the White-fronted Goose yet again with the 8 Whooper Swan and 32 Mute Swan at Sammy’s, but only 240 Brent Geese in what has been a poor winter for them on this side of the Humber. The flock did include 8 juveniles plus a Pale-bellied Brent.

Quiet over the sea with only 79 Pink-footed Geese north, 2 Gadwall and 2 Red-throated Diver while overland 17 Wood Pigeon, 1 Rook, 1 Skylark, 43 Starling, 1 Redwing, 2 Linnet and 8 Reed Bunting.

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Saturday, 16 February 2019

A glorious sunny day clouding over later with a F2-3 SW wind.

Migration Watches: 0655-1400.

It was another good day for visible migration, including Black-headed Gulls, mirroring increases on inland breeding grounds.

The 6 White-fronted Goose remained in Well field, while the first returning Avocet was back on Kilnsea wetlands.

A nice day of overland migration, 13 Lapwing, 45 Stock Dove, 58 Wood Pigeon blogging, 2 Jackdaw, 33 Skylark, 28 Starling, 1 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush blogging, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Meadow Pipit, 5 Greenfinch, 11 Linnet, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Goldfinch, 6 Siskin, 7 Snow Bunting and 52 Reed Bunting with good numbers of both Blue and Great Tit at the Warren hinting at movement, while over the sea were 5 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon, 42 Teal, 3 Eider, 3 Common Scoter, 76 Red-throated Diver, 2 Gannet, 12 Cormorant , 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, 4 Turnstone, 152 Black-headed Gull and 2 Guillemot.

Other bits of interest were 443 Brent Geese with 1 Pale-bellied Brent, 1216 Oystercatcher and 28 Black-tailed Godwit on the Humber, a Coal Tit in Easington and Barn Owl and 2 Short-eared Owl hunting the area.

Ringing:  1 Great Tit, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Goldfinch.

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Friday, 15 February 2019

After a heavy frost it was a lovely sunny day with a F2 SSW wind.

Migration Watches: 0730-1330.

It was another good day of movement today with 848 Pink-footed Geese north, while a 2nd calendar Glaucous Gull wandered the area. An increase to 7 White-fronted Goose was welcome, with 6 in Well field and the usual single, accompanying the 8 Whooper Swan and 32 Mute Swan at Sammy’s. The Siberian Chiffchaff was still present at the sewage farm in Easington with 3 Chiffchaff.

A bit of overland vis-mig brought a Marsh Harrier, 1 Snipe, 9 Skylark, 90 Starling, 7 Linnet, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Snow Bunting and 21 Reed Bunting while over the sea were 11 Wigeon, 2 Common Scoter, 51 Red-throated Diver, 1 Gannet, 9 Cormorant and a Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Other bits of interest were 275 Brent Geese and 7 Black-tailed Godwit on the Humber, 2 Gadwall, 304 Wigeon, 47 Teal and a Greenshank in the Kilnsea wetlands area, a Woodcock at Sammy’s and Barn Owl and 2 Short-eared Owl hunting the area.

Ringing:  1 House Sparrow.

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Thursday, 14 February 2019

A beautiful mild spring like sunny day with a F3 SW wind.

Watches: 0730-1400.

The mild conditions brought about the first decent visible migration (vis-mig) of the year, with small numbers of south bound passerines adding to the day.

A total of 1287 Pink-footed Geese headed north during the morning, maybe on their way up to Northumberland or beyond? Movements like this are typical of milder conditions, where they take advantage of the weather to maybe move to other feeding areas.

Movement today over land and sea, 3 Eider, 16 Red-throated Diver, 7 Cormorant, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 14 Stock Dove, 33 Skylark, 30 Starling, 1 Meadow Pipit, 7 Chaffinch, 1 Linnet, 1 Goldfinch and 9 Reed Bunting.

The Kilnsea wetlands area had, the White-fronted Goose, 7 Whooper Swan, 31 Mute Swan, 650 Wigeon and the male Green-winged Teal, while other bits on offer included 330 Brent Geese, 2 Common Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, 3 Short-eared Owl in the area and 4 Chiffchaff at the Sewage works in Easington.

Ringing: 1 Starling, 1 Great Tit, 1 House Sparrow.

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Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Cloudy with a few sunny spells and a light F1 SW wind.
Kilnsea wetlands still offers the best area, for a good days birding at Spurn along with a trip to the Welwick and Sunk areas just west of our location.

A Red Kite was a nice suprise this morning over Kilnsea wetlands, where the Green-winged Teal was still present along with the White-fronted Goose, 7 Whooper Swan and 32 Mute Swan.

Wildfowl of course dominated as usual, 539 Wigeon, 1 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, the male Green-winged Teal, 67 Teal and 4 Goldeneye along with 8 Little Grebe, 380 Lapwing and 34 Black-tailed Godwit.
Other bits of interest were a Common Buzzard by Long bank, 650 Oystercatcher and 114 Curlew on the HUmber, 2 Short-eared Owl, 2 Stonechat, 14 Skylark and 6 Meadow Pipit.

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Tuesday, 12 February 2019

Overcast with sunny spells and a F3-4 SW wind.

Watches: 0820-0950.

Wildfowl in the Long bank area continues to dominate the headlines in a Spurn context, though a nice ringtail Hen Harrier was at Sammy’s and a Jack Snipe was located on Beacon poinds.                             

The drake Green-winged Teal remains on Kilnsea wetlands, the White-fronted Goose with 8 Whooper Swan at Sammy’s, 4 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 413 Wigeon, 91 Teal, 4 Goldeneye and 11 Little Grebe. The Humber had some decent numbers of Wader on show, 127 Grey Plover, 85 Curlew, 19 Black-tailed Godwit, 1750 Knot, 350 Dunlin and 80 Redshank.

A trickle over the sea, 1 Shelduck, 2 Common Scoter, male Goosander, 96 Red-throated Diver, 1 Gannet, 1 Cormorant, 1 Kittiwake and 1 Guillemot.

Ringing: 1 Dunnock.

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Monday, 11 February 2019

A beautiful still sunny spring like day.

Migration Watches: 0720-0830.

The 2 Shorelark were still at Easington lagoons, the drake Green-winged Teal on Kilnsea wetlands while 3 White-fronted Goose were seen, 2 on Kilnsea wetlands and the single with 6 Whooper Swan nearby at Sammy’s .

The Kilnsea wetlands area had 7 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 420 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 4 Goldeneye, 5 Little Grebe, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Short-eared Owl and a Barn Owl.

Over the sea were 1 Common Scoter, 67 Red-throated Diver, 2 Gannet, 10 Cormorant, 7 Kittiwake, 2 Guillemot and 1 Razorbill.

Other bits of interest were 340 Brent Geese and 173 Shelduck on the Humber, 3500 Knot on the Humber and 2 Stonechat in the srea.

Ringing:  1 Water Rail, 2 House Sparrow.

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Sunday, 10 February 2019

A day of sunny spells with a F2-3 (0 by evening) SW wind.

There was little change in the species or numbers present.

The nice but elusive male Black Redstart was still at Easington gas terminal on the rocks at the north end, the drake Green-winged Teal on Kilnsea wetlands with the White-fronted Goose with 8 Whooper Swan nearby at Sammy’s .

The Kilnsea wetlands area had 7 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 370 Wigeon, 25 Teal, an increase to 7 Goldeneye, 6 Little Grebe, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe and a Barn Owl.

Other bits of interest were 4500 Knot on the Humber and fantastic counts of 27 Greenfinch and 45 Goldfinch in one Easington garden.

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Saturday, 09 February 2019

Sunny spells , but a wild windy F6-7 SW day.

Watches: 0930-1130.

Little seen today other than what was seen over the sea, 10 Red-throated Diver, 39 Gannet, 2 Fulmar, 9 Kittiwake, 12 Guillemot and 14 Auk sp. Most observers had travelled up to Scarborough for the annual get together with friends and a bit of Karaoke.

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Friday, 08 February 2019

A foul day of strong F7 SW winds and horizontal driving rain.

Watches: 0744-1030, 1315-1630.

The Kilnsea wetlands hide offered the best spot out of the wind and rain to enjoy a fair selection of Wildfowl on offer, 515 Wigeon, 1 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, the male Green-winged Teal, 30 Teal and 2 Goldeneye.

The seawatching hut also offered some respite from the weather, but maybe not the same level of interest for the effort involved, 2 Teal, 61 Red-throated Diver, 25 Gannet, 20 Kittiwake, 20 Guillemot, 1 Razorbill and 20 Auk sp were all typical mid-winter selections for Spurn.

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Thursday, 07 February 2019

A windy day with rain in the morning though sunny spells in the afternoon and a F7 SW wind.

Watches: 0800-1100.

The White-fronted Goose is still with 8 Whooper Swan in the Sammy’s area while 552 Wigeon, 1 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, the male Green-winged Teal, 60 Teal, 6 Goldeneye, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 150 Curlew and 100 Redshank were on Kilnsea wetlands and Beacon Ponds.

In complete contrast to yesterday only 73 Red-throated Diver were recorded along with a Wigeon, 5 Eider, 2 Gannet, 1 Fulmar, 15 Auk sp and 6 Guillemot.

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Wednesday, 06 February 2019

Sunny spells with an overcast afternoon and a F3 SW wind.

Watches: 0800-1100.

Typically for this time of year, we regularly have sizeable gatherings of Divers offshore and with the movement of the tides and sometimes boat disturbance, big numbers move offshore to other feeding areas. This morning after a quiet start a fantastic total of 933 Red-throated Diver (881 north) were counted along with a Shoveler, 9 Eider, 9 Common Scoter, 1 Great Crested Grebe and 3 Shag, but surprisingly only 1 Guillemot. The nice sunny weather also encouraged a few spirit uplifting songster Skylark up into the sky in the Long bank area.

The White-fronted Goose is still with 8 Whooper Swan in the Sammy’s area while nearby the Kilnsea wetlands/Beacon ponds area held 464 Wigeon, 3 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, the male Green-winged Teal, 51 Teal and the usual Greenshank, while on the Humber 24 Black-tailed Godwit were counted with both male Hen Harrier and Marsh Harrier hunting the fields and a Peregrine likewise over the Humber.

Outside the recording area 4000+ Lapwing were in fields between Sammy’s point and Welwick.

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Tuesday, 05 February 2019

After a frosty start it was a still sunny day with rain by evening and a F3 S wind.

Watches: 0740-0945.

The resident White-fronted Goose is again with 9 Whooper Swan and 20 Mute Swan in the Sammy’s area. The Kilnsea wetlands/Beacon ponds area held good variety and numbers, 350 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, the male Green-winged Teal, 74 Teal, 4 Goldeneye, 6 Snipe, 26 Black-tailed Godwit and 14 Little Grebe with a male Marsh Harrier hunting the nearby fields.

Also today 2 Short-eared Owl and 4 Grey Partridge were in the Sammy’s area, a Kingfisher by the Riding school and 2 Stonechat on the triangle.

Over the sea the usual fair, 22 Common Scoter, 145 Red-throated Diver, 8 Guillemot, 1 Razorbill and 4 Auk sp.

Ringing: 1 Robin, 1 Tree Sparrow.

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Monday, 04 February 2019

A dull day with sunny spells and a F4 SW wind.

Watches: 0800-1010.                                                                                                                                     

The drake Green-winged Teal remains faithful to Kilnsea wetlands and the usual White-fronted Goose with 8 Whooper Swan and 17 Mute Swan in the Sammy’s area.

Nearby the Kilnsea wetlands area held 3 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 730 Wigeon, 58 Teal, 6 Goldeneye, 10 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, the first 2 returning Oystercatcher to Beacon ponds, 150 Golden Plover, 100 Lapwing, 70 Curlew, 120 Redshank, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, a Short-eared Owl and 2 Stonechat.

Little over a dire sea, 2 Common Scoter, 8 Red-throated Diver, 3 Cormorant and an Auk sp

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Sunday, 03 February 2019

A heavy frost was overlaid by a light duting of snow, with sunny spells and an increasing F2-4 SW wind.

Watches: 0750-1015.

The 2 Shorelark were still at Easington lagoon with the Green-winged Teal nearby still on Beacon Ponds and the White-fronted Goose along with 9 Whooper Swan and 25 Mute Swan at Sammy's.

The usual fair graced Kilnsea wetlands, but no counts were returned, while other sightings included 189 Lapwing, a Stonechat at Long bank, 7 Fieldfare wandering the area and 4 Meadow Pipit by the Borrow pit.

A decent count of 135 Red-throated Diver over the sea along with 1 Gannet and a Guillemot completed todays action.

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Saturday, 02 February 2019

Wintry showers with a cold F2-3 NNW wind.

Watches: 0750-0930.

Pretty much the same as the last few days as the weather remains typically cold.

The Green-winged Teal remained on Beacon Ponds along with 7 Whooper Swan, 450 Brent Geese, 3 Shoveler, 290 Wigeon, 43 Teal, 1 Gadwall, 4 Goldeneye, 8 Little Egret, 8 Little Grebe, 137 Lapwing, 88 Golden Plover, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, Barn Owl and 2 Peregrine while the sea had eased off with only 5 Red-throated Diver, 1 Kittiwake and 1 Auk sp.

Ringing: 2 Tree Sparrow, 2 House Sparrow.

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Friday, 01 February 2019

Wintry showers all day with a gusty F2-4 SE wind.

Watches: 0800-1000.

Most sightings were yet again from the Kilnsea wetlands area with 7 Whooper Swan, 500 Wigeon, 1 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 17 Teal, 95 Lapwing, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Merlin and 2 Kestrel with only 53 Red-throated Diver the only bit of note over the sea though a Jack Snipe at Chalk bank is a good record away from the usual areas.

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