November 2005

With the wind swinging slightly more west some light southerly passage occurred but it was only a trickle, a few birds arrived with little change to grounded birds. Birds moving today were 4 Eider S, 2 Dunlin S, a Snipe in, 2 Skylark S, 2 Rock Pipit S, 12 Fieldfare in, 3 Chaffinch, 16 Goldfinch, 9 Siskin & 2 Linnet all south.

At sea birds were few and far between with 3 Red-throated Diver, 40 Herring Gull, and 21 GBB Gull.

Other birds of note were 2 Sparrowhawk (Point/Triangle), a Peregrine (Humber), 7 Snipe, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat (Chalk Bank/Triangle), 65 Blackbird, 12 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, a Goldcrest (Point) and 1 Siskin (Crown). North of the area there was a Waxwing & 300 Fieldfare at Easington.

A change in the weather is needed to force birds to move, a few new thrushes in today but very little else. On the Humber there were 80 Brent Geese, 78 Shelduck, 800 Oystercatcher, 450 Golden Plover, and 78 Lapwing.

New arrivals included 59 Blackbird, 10 Fieldfare, 6 Song Thrush, 21 Redwing, a Blackcap (Tank Ditch), 3 Goldcrest, 400 Starling went to roost in the reed bed, 11 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, a Siskin (Crown). Birds on the move were few and far between with 2 Snipe in, a Black-tailed Godwit S, 11 Stock Dove u-turned, 2 Skylark in, 3 Goldfinch & 2 Siskin S.

North of the area at Beacon Ponds a nice Snow Bunting flock is building with 32 birds today and in Long Bank there were almost 400 Brent Geese and a Short-eared Owl. And the northern Long tailed Tits were again near "two hoots".

A very quiet day with the only real highlight being a Waxwing over the Triangle that landed in the Churchyard trees before heading inland.

Birds of note were 4 Wigeon (Humber), 7 Grey Partridge (Church Field), 2 Water Rail (Canal Scrape/Top Canal), 2 Snipe (Point), 2 Barn Owl (Triangle), 55 Blackbird, 5 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest and the resident Greenfinch flocks has reached 90 birds.

The 2 northern Long tailed Tits were again reported from the "two hoots" area of Easington

With much lighter winds but still some wintry showers, conditions were much better for birding, with a few new arrivals but relatively quiet at sea. A few birds headed south they were 3 Wood Pigeon, 1 Skylark, 5 Chaffinch, 16 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin with a Lapland Bunting & 12 Snow Bunting heading north with 2 Fieldfare and 13 Starling coming in.

At sea 3 Red-throated Diver N, 50 Brent Geese S, 21 Eider N, 3 Razorbill N were the highlights.

New migrants located were a Black-tailed Godwit, a Skylark, 2 Rock Pipit, 2 Stonechat (Scrape Field), 61 Blackbird, 7 Fieldfare, 13 Redwing, 2 Blackcap (Warren), a Chiffchaff (Warren), 11 Chaffinch, a Brambling (Triangle), a late Linnet (Warren), 1 Mealy Redpoll (Warren), 1 Yellowhammer blogging. North of the area at Beacon Ponds there were 2 Short-eared Owl, 6 Stonechat, 28 Twite & 9 Snow Bunting whilst 7 Black-tailed Godwit on Long Bank were notable.

A much better sea watch today with at least some birds, still difficult birding conditions in a strong N-NE wind and constant wintry showers.

At sea there were 27 Red-throated Diver (21 N, 6 S), 3 Fulmar N, 6 Sooty Shearwater N, 65 Gannet (61 N, 4 S), 12 Wigeon S, 33 Eider N, 19 Common Scoter S, a Pomarine Skua N, 2 Little Gull N, 202 Kittiwake N, 13 Guillemot N, 26 Little Auk & 1 Puffin N.

Birds of note on land were 570 Shelduck, a Jack Snipe, a Barn Owl (Triangle), 36 Blackbird, 8 Fieldfare, 13 Redwing, a Blackcap (Warren), 29 Starling came in plus 250 went to roost, 3 Goldfinch (Warren). In Easington Fields there were 257 Brent Geese and the two northern Long-tailed Tits were reported from the village.

The first real taste of winter especially in the morning with heavy snow falls pushed on by a very cold northerly wind making blizzard conditions and birding almost impossible.

With the stiff northerly wind for almost two days now sea watching potentially looked good but sadly failed to produce much except 10 Red-throated Diver N, a very unseasonal Fulmar N, 11 Gannet, 2 Eider N, 8 Common Scoter S, 1 Arctic Skua S, 269 Herring Gull S, a Little Auk N.

On land highlights were few and far between with a Barn Owl (Triangle), 1 Rock Pipit, a Waxwing trilling over Church Field before heading north, 47 Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Goldcrest (Point), and 170 Starling.

Another quiet day with the wind from the NW picking up and reaching force 6 by late afternoon, a bit late for seabirds to start moving but tomorrow?

A few birds went south with 2 Meadow Pipit, 10 Goldfinch and 2 Siskin. Grounded birds were a Jack Snipe (Clubley’s), 4 Snipe, a Rock Pipit, 82 Blackbird, 12 Fieldfare, 7 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing, single Chiffchaff & Goldcrest, 120 Starling and a Snow Bunting (Tarmac Road).

The best count today was a big increase in Shelduck numbers with 850 on the Humber along with over 5000 Knot.

A very difficult day for birding, with thick fog and visibility down to 50 yards stopped anything moving.

Grounded birds were mainly thrushes with 126 Blackbird, 6 Fieldfare, 9 Song Thrush, 13 Redwing, with other birds of note being 2 Jack Snipe (Clubley’s), 2 Barn Owl, the Tawny Owl returned to Kew at 0410 waking up the warden! A Stonechat (Triangle), a male Blackcap & 1 Chiffchaff (Warren), 5 Goldcrest, 18 Chaffinch a slight increase of late.

Another cold day with a small arrival of thrush’s overnight, with no wind and calm seas little passage went on anywhere. The only passage that was noted today was a Red-throated Diver S, 2 Fieldfare & 25 Starling in, 13 Siskin S.

Grounded birds included a ring-tailed Hen Harrier (Triangle), 1 Water Rail (Canal Scrape), 4 Rock Pipit, 1 Stonechat (Lighthouse), 170 Blackbird with c100 at the Point, 23 Fieldfare, 7 Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, a Chiffchaff (Warren), 2 Goldcrest, 7 Siskin & a Redpoll (Crown), 2 Yellowhammer (Church Field).

Birds that were seen north of the area were the two Northern Long-tailed Tits a Coal Tit & a Great Spotted Woodpecker in Easington, and at Sammie’s Point a Water Pipit and 15 Twite.

Continuing in the same theme of frosty nights and bright sunny days, a small arrival of thrushes overnight but not a lot of change elsewhere.

Grounded migrants included a very exhausted Water Rail at the Lighthouse, a Jack Snipe (Salt Marsh), 10 Snipe (Triangle), 2 Rock Pipit (Warren), 20 Robin, 85 Blackbird, 10 Fieldfare plus another one came in of the sea, 6 Song Thrush, 16 Redwing, 2 Blackcap at the Warren, 2 Chiffchaff (Point/Warren), 5 Goldcrest, 3 Siskin, 1 Snow Bunting (Triangle), 3 Yellowhammer (Church Field), 18 Reed Bunting. A few waders were counted on the Humber with 4 Black-tailed Godwit in and 90 Curlew being of note.

A dark breasted Barn Owl was seen in Withernsea (near the schoool at the north end of the town). It was a very dark individual, so possibly the bird around Easington in late October.

Another day of heavy overnight frost and little wind but plenty of winter sunshine.

Very little movement due to lack of wind with 6 Red-throated Diver (5N, 1 S), 2 Gannet N, 1 Wigeon & 6 Eider N, 2 Hen Harriers came in of the sea at 07.45 & 08.00, birds going south including 2 Fieldfare, 5 Goldfinch, 7 Siskin & 10 Snow Bunting.

Grounded birds including 7 Grey Partridge (Church Field), 3 Jack Snipe, a Woodcock & a Barn Owl (Church Field), 2 Stonechat (Blue Bell), 2 Blackcap (Warren), 2 Chiffchaff (Warren/Crown), 12 Siskin (Crown), 5 Snow Bunting on the Point Beach. North of the area the two Northern Long-tailed Tits were in Easington, a Little Owl (Beacon Lane), whilst Beacon Ponds had 25 Twite and 8 Snow Bunting feeding on them.

With high pressure in charge cold frosty nights continue with a light W-NW wind.

Very quiet on the sea with 9 Red-throated Diver N, 2 Gannet N, 4 Brent Geese in, 39 Eider out NE, 2 Goldeneye S, 2 Red-breasted Merganser N, and a Guillemot on the sea being about the sum of it.

Other notable birds were 21 Sanderling (Chalk Bank), 2 Jack Snipe (Clubley’s/Canal Scrape), 4 Woodcock, 9 Collared Dove, 2 Rock Pipit, a Stonechat (Point), 57 Blackbird, 4 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, a Blackcap (Warren), 1 Chiffchaff (Canal Hedge), 3 Goldcrest, 45 Starling came in and 425 were blogging around, 10 Siskin came in 2 went south and 5 were blogging, 3 Snow bunting were in the Triangle area.

Another cold frosty night with a light N-NW wind and the occasional shower, a few birds were grounded overnight but left early in the morning. New birds in today were 6 Woodcock (4 Point, 1 Warren/Triangle), a Short-eared Owl (Triangle), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Kew), 2 Skylark, a Waxwing at Kew which left northward, 2 Stonechat, 88 Blackbird, 11 Redwing, 3 Blackcap (Point), 8 Goldcrest, 22 Siskin, a Redpoll, 1 Yellowhammer (Point).

Birds at sea included 15 Red-throated Diver, a Shag, 130 Common Scoter, 2 Velvet Scoter S, 5 Little Gull, a Little Auk out of the Humber.

North of the area a Little Owl was along Beacon Lane and 3 Jack Snipe were on the Shooting Pond. A late Red Admiral went south.

With similar conditions to yesterday bird observations followed suit. A continuous sea watch all day produced 32 Red-throated Diver, a Leach’s Petrel N at 08.55, 10 Shag, 2 Whooper Swan S, 96 Wigeon (59 N, 37 in), 1 Gadwall N, 136 Teal, 6 Scaup (5 N, 1 S), 4 Long-tailed Duck N, 913 Common Scoter N plus 355 S, 49 Goldeneye (7 N, 35 S & 7 on the sea), 2 Grey Phalarope went north at 11.00 & 13.25, 2 Short-eared Owl, 5 Kittiwake N, 23 Little Auk N.

. Some birds were seen coming in these were 1 Snipe, 6 Skylark, 2 Shore Lark, 26 Blackbird, 8 Fieldfare, 25 Starling.

Other birds of note including a small arrival overnight were a Peregrine (Humber), 6 Grey Partridge (Narrows), a Jack Snipe (Canal Scrape), 5 Woodcock, 136 Blackbird, 29 Fieldfare, 34 Redwing, a Blackcap (Warren), 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Brambling & 4 Snow Bunting at the Blue Bell before heading north. With the northerly wind and high tides the sea came onto the road but only slightly and caused no damage.

With a good NW blow on the sea was always going to be the best place to be today, although there was a small arrival of birds overnight plus a few coming in during the day. Birds of interest at sea were 3 Sooty Shearwater N, a Manx Shearwater N, 46 Gannet, 2 Whooper Swan S, a few duck moving with 19 Wigeon, 23 Teal S, 5 Eider, 2 Long-tailed Duck (a male N, an immature S), 584 Common Scoter (106 N, 467 S, 11 out), 6 Velvet Scoter (2 N, 4 S), 2 Goldeneye, 4 Red-breasted Merganser N, 6 Pomarine Skua S, 5 Arctic Skua S, 130 Kittiwake, 5 Little Auk N.

Other notable birds included a Hen Harrier blogging, a Jack Snipe, 4 Woodcock, 1 Short-eared Owl, a Grey Wagtail S, 6 Waxwing (5 in, 1 Kew), 117 Blackbird, 121 Fieldfare, 59 Redwing, 2 Blackcap, 8 Brambling, 23 Siskin S, a Lapland Bunting (Warren), 1 Snow Bunting (Salt Marsh).

With the wind coming from the northerly sector a swell was put on the tide making it come onto the temporary road leaving some debris, but with the strength of the wind dropping the swell relented. On the birding front a quiet day with only a trickle of birds south including 353 Pink-footed Geese, 3 Stock Dove, 6 Waxwing came in (the highlight of the day), only 3 Fieldfare came in, 3 Brambling north, 3 Siskin and 3 Redpoll, 1 Lapland Bunting, 6 Snow Bunting south plus 3 more in.

Birds at sea were mostly south with 41 Red-throated Diver, a Great Crested Grebe on the sea, 41 Gannet, 8 Eider, 2 Long-tailed Duck north, 63 Common Scoter, an Arctic Skua, 1 adult Med Gull blogging around, and 3 Guillemot.

Other birds of note were a Jack Snipe (Clubley’s), 6 Rock Pipit, 3 Blackcap, a Chiffchaff (Point), 6 Goldcrest, 8 Siskin, 2 Snow Bunting (Wire Dump).

The wind was back to the southwest again and a few finches were on the move, with yet more Siskins, late morning a few birds started coming in off the sea, mainly Fieldfares and Starlings. Birds moving south were; 147 Pink-footed Geese, 8 Brent Geese (3 pale-bellied), 35 Wigeon, 57 Teal, 2 Pintail, 9 Scaup, 5 Eider, 76 Common Scoter + 325 north, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Red-breasted Merganser + 5 north, 2 Sparrowhawk, 36 Dunlin, 26 Stock Dove, 300 Wood Pigeon, 4 Sky Lark, 14 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 101 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Rook, 37 Starling, 22 Tree Sparrow, 34 Chaffinch, 122 Greenfinch, 50 Goldfinch, 234 Siskin, 9 Linnet, 15 Redpoll, 46 Snow Bunting, 2 Reed Bunting.

Coming off the sea – 9 Lapwing, 36 Knot, 26 Dunlin, 2 Common Snipe, 7 Woodcock, 668 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 151 Starling, 37 Snow Bunting. On the sea were; 10 Red-throated Diver, 29 Gannet, 3 Shag, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 ‘Commic’ Tern, 21 Auk sp., 7 Guillemot.

Still very few grounded birds; 3 Rock Pipit, 1 Stonechat, 52 Blackbird, 6 Fieldfare, 6 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Goldcrest, 11 Chaffinch, 14 Goldfinch, 1 Brambling, 6 Redpoll and 4 Snow Bunting.

With a change in wind direction (northerly), attentions were turned to the sea and a good selection of seabirds and wildfowl were recorded, there was very little southerly passage but a few migrants came in off the sea. Birds moving at sea were; 84 Red-throated Diver, 2 Little Grebe, 8 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Manx Shearwater, 143 Gannet, 1 Shag, 2 Whooper Swan, 15 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Wigeon, 8 Teal, 12 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Scaup, 11 Eider, 605 Common Scoter, 2 Velvet Scoter, 10 Goldeneye, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 8 Goosander, 1 Grey Phalarope, 10 Arctic Skua, 2 probable Long-tailed Skua, 8 Bonxie, 1037 Kittiwake, 1 Common Tern, 99 Auk sp., 32 Guillemot, 2 Razorbill, 2 Little Auk.

Other birds on the move south were; 4 Lapwing, 4 Stock Dove, 69 Wood Pigeon, 3 Sky Lark, 1 Rock Pipit, 44 Snow Bunting.

Grounded birds included; 2 Woodcock, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Waxwing north over the Triangle, 2 Stonechat, 42 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare in off the sea, 1 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 7 Goldcrest, 1 Hooded Crow at the Warren, 10 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 4 Goldfinch, 16 Siskin, 18 Redpoll, 16 Snow Bunting. A Little Owl and 4 Barn Owl were seen in the Triangle (a new record), while in Easington the ‘Northern’ Long-tailed Tits and a Waxwing were seen.

A fresh northwesterly blew most of the day calming later in the afternoon and nice clear blue skies all day. Very few grounded birds but plenty of finches on the move for the time of year. Birds moving south included; 10 Whooper Swan, 12 Mallard, 2 Pintail 1 Shoveler, 3 Common Scoter, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 2 Golden Plover, 54 Stock Dove, 4 Wood Pigeon, 40 Sky Lark, 1 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 17 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 3 spinoletta sp (probably Water Pipits), 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Tree Sparrow, 10 Chaffinch, 158 Greenfinch, 269 Goldfinch, 560 Siskin, 1 Serin, 69 Linnet, 71 Redpoll, 1 Twite, 1 Lapland Bunting, 5 Snow Bunting, 1 Reed Bunting.

Very few bird on the sea, with just 14 Red-throated Diver, 3 Gannet, a Yellow-legged Gull and 2 Sandwich Tern.

Grounded birds were; 2 Jack Snipe, 5 Stonechat, 30 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 9 Redwing, 1 Chiffchaff, 11 Goldcrest, 6 Siskin, 6 Reed Bunting.

With a force 4 SW from the off strengthening to a force 6+ by the afternoon with rain birding was extremely difficult and birds hard to find. Some light southerly passage occurred early on with 15 Whooper Swans, 3 Wigeon, a Teal in, 1 Mallard, 1 Kestrel, a late Swallow came in, 16 Greenfinch, 13 Goldfinch, 24 Siskin & 4 Redpoll.

At sea very little happened with 4 Red-throated Diver, 3 Little Gull blogging.

Grounded birds were hard to come by with 1 Rock Pipit (Tank Blocks), 57 Blackbird, 6 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, a Chiffchaff (Kew), 3 Goldcrest, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling (Point), 13 Siskin & a Redpoll (Crown).

A dull day with south-westerlies, good conditions for movement, however this wasn’t to be, probably been southwest for too long now and we’re looking forward to a change – maybe when the wind turns on Sunday.

Birds moving south included 12 Red-throated Diver, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorant, 119 Pink-footed Geese + 54 in, 8 Brent Geese, 12 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Eider, 21 Common Scoter, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Goosander, 2 Grey Plover, 8 Guillemot, 1 Razorbill, 2 Meadow Pipit, 14 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch, and 32 Siskin.

Grounded birds were down in numbers again and included; 3 Stonechat, 85 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 7 Song Thrush, 11 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 9 Goldcrest, 1 Brambling, 4 Siskin and 3 Redpoll. 6 Whooper Swan and 280 Brent Geese were in the fields north of Long Bank.

Much brighter conditions today and a moderate westerly wind blew all day, there were plenty of birds on the move, mainly wildfowl and finches and another very good count of Pink-footed Geese. Birds passing south included; 18 Whooper Swan, 3260 Pink-footed Geese, 6 Brent Geese, 43 Shelduck, 550 Wigeon, 66 Teal, 2 Mallard, 1 Pintail, 1 Shoveler, 1 Pochard in, 2 Scaup + 2 north, 22 Eider north, a Hen Harrier, 2 Kestrel, 4 Lapwing, 56 Dunlin, 21 Stock Dove, 270 Wood Pigeon, 65 Sky Lark, 1 House Martin, 35 Meadow Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit, 3 alba Wagtail, 169 Starling, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 79 Greenfinch, 78 Goldfinch, 90 Siskin, 12 Linnet, 21 Snow Bunting, 3 Reed Bunting. Migrants coming in off the sea were; a Woodcock, 3 Sky Lark, 1 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 500 Starling and 4 Snow Bunting.

Birds moving at sea included; 24 Red-throated Diver, a breeding plumage Great Northern Diver, 36 Gannet, 7 Cormorant, 3 Shag, 4 Bonxie, 8 Little Gull, 4 Common Tern, 5 Arctic Tern, 4 Guillemot and 2 Razorbill.

Grounded birds present were; 10 Stock Dove, a Richard’s Pipit which U-turned over the Narrows, 4 Stonechat, 1 Ring Ouzel, 140 Blackbird, 5 Fieldfare, 15 Song Thrush, 26 Redwing, a Blackcap, a Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest, 8 Siskin, 11 Redpoll. A Grey Phalarope flew north over the Humber alighting briefly.

A much quieter day with a strong force 6 southerly wind which stopped most passage and kept grounded birds low in the bushes. Passage overland was light with nothing of any note except 2 Sparrowhawk and an adult Merlin and a few finches.

Seawatching took up most of the day for little reward with 29 Red-throated Diver (11 N, 8 S & 10 on the sea), 1 Black-throated Diver N, 3 Great Crested Grebe S, 30 Gannet, 5 Whooper Swan S, 10 Pink-footed Geese S, 5 Shelduck, 7 Wigeon, 1 Gadwall, 4 Teal & 1 Pintail all south, 2 Long-tailed Duck N, 14 Common Scoter, 2 Red-breasted Merganser S, 9 Knot, 6 Sanderling, 15 Dunlin & 6 Snipe S, 1 Arctic Skua N, 20 Little Gull blogging, 18 Guillemot, 9 Razorbill & 1 Puffin.

Grounded birds of note were a Hen Harrier that blogged around before going north, 7 Grey Partridge (Church Field), 15 Snipe in, a Woodcock (Point), the Tawny Owl (Crown), 26 Redwing, 2 Blackcap (Warren) and a Brambling (Kew). North of the area in Easington there was a Woodlark near Two Hoots and the two Northern Long-tailed Tits in company with three British Long-tailed Tits.

Another good day at Spurn, with nice sunny conditions and a moderate SW wind. There was a steady passage of migrants including the highest count of Siskin of the year and a few birds on the sea, with the 245th species of the year being recorded when 4 Ruddy Duck flew south – the first record since 1986. Birds moving south included; 11 Whooper Swan, 540 Pink-footed Geese, 3 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 1 Shoveler, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Eider, 34 Common Scoter + 79 north, 1 Marsh Harrier in then south, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel in off the sea, 1 Merlin, 2 Woodcock in off the sea, 31 Stock Dove, 2 Wood Pigeon, 89 Sky Lark, 2 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 93 Meadow Pipit, 11 Rock Pipit, 4 alba Wagtail, 7 Jackdaw, 141 Starling, 2 Tree Sparrow, 23 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 245 Greenfinch, 196 Goldfinch, 389 Siskin, 46 Linnet, 14 Redpoll, 1 Reed Bunting.

Seabirds were; 31 Red-throated Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver north, 12 Gannet, 6 Cormorant, 2 Pomarine Skua south, 182 Black-headed Gull and 308 Herring Gull south, 1 Yellow-legged Gull and 1 Common Tern.

Grounded birds included; 5 Stonechat, 1 Ring Ouzel, 77 Blackbird, 9 Song Thrush, 32 Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff, 9 Goldcrest and a Snow Bunting. A Little Bunting was reported on the pager, but no other details were received.

A day of constant heavy showers and a very strong SW wind (which dropped off late in the day) hampered birding. Not a lot happened until Pink-footed Geese started to move south, reaching a total of 295. Other wildfowl on the move were: 23 Wigeon, 3 Gadwall and 20 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 2 Goldeneye, and a Red-breasted Merganser.

Other birds of note were a Water Rail, 1 Woodcock, 4 Black-tailed Godwit (Humber), a Bonxie N, 2 Barn Owl, the Tawny Owl was visible in the Crown car park, a Short-eared Owl (Triangle), 2 Swallow blogging around, 1 Stonechat, a Ring Ouzel (Crown), 2 Blackcap, 9 Redpoll S and a Snow Bunting on the shore near the Blue Bell.

The highlight of the day was a Serin at Easington lagoons late in the afternoon, which gave good views before flying of towards Easington village, there was another Short-eared Owl at Beacon Ponds.

Another record-breaking day at Spurn, where the main feature of the afternoon was an incredible 6510 Pink-footed Geese moving south, beating last year’s previous best by 2000 birds. Birds moving south past the Narrows were; 4 Sparrowhawk, 5 Kestrel, 3 Merlin, 3 Lapwing, 25 Stock Dove, 78 Wood Pigeon, 191 Skylark, 105 Meadow Pipit, 28 Rock Pipit, a probable Water Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 alba Wagtail, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Jackdaw, 17 Rook, 162 Starling, 1 Tree Sparrow, 40 Chaffinch, 31 Brambling, 205 Greenfinch, 167 Goldfinch, 63 Siskin, 37 Linnet, 1 Twite, 101 Redpoll, 1 Lapland Bunting, 8 Snow Bunting, 5 Reed Bunting.

Birds moving at sea included; 10 Red-throated Diver, a Leach’s Petrel at 16.30, 8 Gannet, a Shag, 36 Whooper Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 15 Wigeon, 15 Teal, 3 Pochard, a Long-tailed Duck, 14 Common and 3 Velvet Scoter, a Goldeneye, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 469 Black-headed Gull, 914 Herring Gull, and 10 Auk sp.

Still a few remnant grounded birds around, 1 Woodcock, 3 Short-eared Owl came in off the sea, 2 House Martin, 3 Stonechat, 2 Ring Ouzel at the Point, 80 Blackbird, 4 Fieldfare, 7 Song Thrush, 9 Redwing, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 14 Goldcrest. The 2 ‘Northern’ Long-tailed Tits were still present in Easington, mainly along Hull Road as you approach the village.

Amazing, after updating the homepage last night and predicting the autumn may yet see a Chimney Swift recorded, the second record of this species for Spurn occurred this morning when one spent an hour hawking over the point after slowly moving south along the peninsula. It was last seen flying low over the sea towards the Lincs coast at 10.29. This is incredibly the fifth species of Swift to be recorded at Spurn this year and a welcome grip back for a few birders who managed to connect after missing the bird in August 2000. Apart from the excitement of the Chimney Swift the south westerly wind produced another day of good southerly passage, highlights were: 44 Whooper Swan, 174 Pink footed Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Wigeon, 2 Mallard, 3 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 2 Lapwing, 41 Black headed Gull, 1 Lesser black backed Gull, 41 Herring Gull, 23 Great black backed Gull, 193 Stock Dove, 2260 Wood Pigeon (plus 280 U turning), 35 Skylark, 12 Meadow Pipit, 9 Rock Pipit, 3 Mistle Thrush, 670 Starling, 32 Chaffinch, 6 Brambling, 153 Greenfinch, 151 Goldfinch, 33 Siskin, 32 Linnet, 44 Redpoll, 2 Crossbill, 2 Reed Bunting

At sea there was very light movement with Red throated Diver 1S 3N, Gannet 1S 1N, Cormorant 3S, Auk sp 22N, Guillemot 4N.

Grounded migrants were once again thin on the ground with 10 Robin, 3 Stonechat, 1 Ring Ouzel, 82 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 6 Song Thrush, 42 Redwing, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Chaffinch, 80 Greenfinch, 4 Mealy Redpoll, 4 Reed Bunting. North of the area the "northern" Long tailed Tits and the continental Coal Tit were still in Easington, as was a Ring Ouzel.

Appalling weather conditions all day with a force 7+ westerly wind and heavy downpours in the morning kept birds very thin on the ground and extremely hard to find! No passage of any note was observed due to the strength of the wind.

At sea 3 Red-throated Diver, 6 Gannet (1 N, 2 S) plus 3 on the Humber, 2 Cormorant S, a Skua sp. S, 3 Arctic Skua N, an adult Med Gull S the only real highlight of the day, 102 Little Gull N, 2 Kittiwake N and 100 Auk sp N was about the best of it.

The few grounded birds to be found were the Tawny Owl in the Churchyard, 3 Stonechat (1 Warren, 2 Triangle), 50 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 13 Redwing, 2 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest. North of the area the continental Coal Tit and the two "northern" Long-tailed Tits were seen/heard in Easington. Lets hope for a better day tomorrow!

The continuing southwest wind ensured that grounded migrants would remain on the thin side and most activity would be in the skies, with a moderate southerly passage of birds. Southerly passage overland included; 6 Whooper Swan, 106 Pink-footed Geese (plus 14 in), 15 Stock Dove, 22 Skylark, 1 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 49 Meadow Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit, 1 alba Wagtail, 8 Redwing, 160 Starling, 8 House Sparrow, 46 Tree Sparrow, 21 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 283 Greenfinch, 13 Goldfinch, 14 Siskin, 3 Linnet, 28 Redpoll, 8 Snow Bunting, 2 Reed Bunting and 1 Corn Bunting.

At sea; 2 Red-throated Diver, 7 Gannet (plus 11 north), 8 Bewick’s Swan, 5 Brent Geese, 12 Wigeon, 2 Mallard, 3 Common Scoter, 3 Velvet Scoter, 3 Grey Plover and 3 Knot.

The small selection of grounded migrants were; 2 Pintail, 1 Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Stonechat, 90 Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, 20 Redwing, 3 Blackcap, 7 Goldcrest.

With a moderate south west wind, it was a good day for visible migration, with good numbers of birds moving south and a variety of birds coming in off the sea. This included two new species for the Obs year list. Despite all this passage there were few grounded migrants. Southerly passage (over land) included; 47 Whooper Swan, 3010 Pink-footed Geese, 1 White-fronted Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 5 Shelduck (plus 12 out), 134 Wigeon, 62 Teal, 5 Pintail, 3 Eider, 10 Common Scoter, 1 Hen Harrier, 5 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 3 Oystercatcher, 29 Lapwing, 18 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Little Gull, 632 Black-headed Gull, 50 Common Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 150 Herring Gull, 30 Great Black-backed Gull, 57 Stock Dove, 65 Wood Pigeon, 279 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 171 Meadow Pipit, 23 Rock Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 alba Wagtail, 12 Fieldfare, 44 Jackdaw, 20 Rook, 1250 Starling, 71 Tree Sparrow, 11 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 287 Greenfinch, 165 Goldfinch, 36 Siskin, 47 Linnet, 4 Twite, 40 Redpoll (including 3 Mealy Redpoll), 5 Yellowhammer, 6 Reed Bunting. Birds seen coming in include; 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 1 Golden Plover, 46 Lapwing, 9 Knot, 5 Snipe, 1 Woodcock, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Stock Dove, 5 Skylark, 9 Blackbird, 37 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 168 Redwing.

Southerly passage at sea included 3 Red-throated Diver (plus 3 north), 6 Gannet (plus 25 north), 1 Shag, 14 Auk sp, 1 Little Auk.

Grounded birds present were; 2 Snipe, 1 Swift sp around the caravan park briefly before going back north could well have been Sundays Pallid putting in another appearance but was unfortunately only seen distantly, 2 Rock Pipit, 1 Black Redstart, 3 Stonechat, 2 Ring Ouzel, 91 Blackbird, 10 Song Thrush, 45 Redwing, 4 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Bearded Tit, 2 Brambling and 4 Siskin. North of the area the two ‘Northern’ Long-tailed Tits were still present in Easington.