Friday, 13 September 2019

Watches: 0645-0915, 1300-1915.

A noticeable increase in migrant numbers saw most areas covered except the Peninsula, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Swift, 6 Willow Warbler, 14 Chiffchaff, a Sedge Warbler, 3 Blackcap, a Garden Warbler, the Barred Warbler still at the Warren, 9 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 17 Goldcrest, a Song Thrush, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart, 10 Whinchat, 61 Wheatear and 20 Yellow Wagtail.

The White-rumped Sandpiper was still on Kilnsea wetlands for its 16th day along with an Avocet, 2 Little-ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, a Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Shoveler, 31 Wigeon, 5 Pintail and 33 Teal. 

There was a bit of interesting action over the sea though no big numbers, 92 Pink-footed Geese, 4 Common Scoter, 22 Red-throated Diver, a Red-necked Grebe, 61 Gannet, 5 Cormorant, a Bonxie, 2 Pomarine Skua and an Arctic Skua. Overland saw only 2 Little-ringed Plover and a Marsh Harrier fly south.

Ringing: 11 Meadow Pipit, 1 Wheatear, 2 Robin, 1 Blue Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Dunnock, 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 3 Tree Sparrow, 4 Reed Bunting. 

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Thursday, 12 September 2019

Watches:0715-1015, 1545-1945.

With the wind in the south-west there was a noticeable period of vis-migging in the morning along the east coast with Spurn recieving a decent share of the movement and some brilliant totals with 2 Swift, 10 Jackdaw, a Skylark, 24 Sand Martin, 1314 Swallow, 701 House Martin, 324 Tree Sparrow, 8 Flava Wagtail, 4 Grey Wagtail, 5432 Meadow Pipit, 109 Linnet and 24 Reed Bunting.

Over the sea the evening Tern roost burst into life again with 3 Roseate Tern, 337 Sandwich Tern, 3254 Common Tern, 11 Arctic Tern and 3 Black Tern. During the day the sea also had 3 Teal, 26 Red-throated Diver, 103 Gannet, 16 Turnstone, 3 Little Gull, 68 Black-headed Gull while a Grey Phalarope lingered off the seawatch hut giving brilliant views in the surf and on the beach.

Migrants reduced yet further with a Hobby in the triangle, 8 Willow Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, a Garden Warbler, the Barred Warbler still at the Warren, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 6 Goldcrest, a Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat and 15 Yellow Wagtail. 

On Kilnsea wetlands there were 2 juvenile Spoonbill plus the usual adult White-rumped Sandpiper, an Avocet, 2 Little-ringed Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 700 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 35 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 7 Pintail and 76 Mallard, while also seen today were a Tawny Owl at the Obs.

Ringing: 1 Wood Pigeon, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Robin, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Greenfinch, 42 Tree Sparrow.

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Wednesday, 11 September 2019

Watches: 0700-1315, 1515-1810.

The White-rumped Sandpiper was again on Kilnsea wetlands and the Barred Warbler still at the Warren.

On the move overland were 5 Swift, 44 Sand Martin, 498 Swallow, 150 House Martin,18Flava Wagtail, a Grey Wagtail, 381 Meadow Pipit while over the sea 5 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 14 Red-throated Diver, a Great Northen Diver, 3 Fulmar, 43 Gannet, 6 Oystercatcher, 81 Sandwich Tern, 121 Common Tern, 3 Arctic Skua and 9 Guillemot.

A bit of a reduction in yesterdays migrant numbers saw 4 Willow Warbler, a Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 8Goldcrest, a Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 4 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 6 Yellow Wagtail and a Tree Pipit.

On Kilnsea wetlands 3 Little Egret, 50 Golden Plover, 2 Little-ringed Plover, a Black-tailed Godwit, 500 Knot, 1 Ruff, 200 Redshank, 18 Mediterranean Gull and 20 Sandwich Tern.

Ringing: 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Robin, 3 Goldfinch.

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Tuesday, 10 September 2019

Watches: 0630-1130, 1255-1600.

The Barred Warbler remained showing well on occasions at the Warren while a very showy juvenile Little Stint was the highlight of the day on Canal Scarpe.

A small arrival mid morning saw slight increases in migrants with 2 Hobby hunting a House Martin over the triangle, 11 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 7 Garden Warbler, 12 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 7 Goldcrest, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Redstart, 11 Whinchat, a Stonechat, 1 Wheatear and 9 Yellow Wagtail.

On the move over the sea 33 Shelduck, 5 Shoveler, 35 Wigeon, 190 Teal, 21 Common Scoter, 12 Grey Heron (7 in/off), 11 Red-throated Diver, a Sooty Shearwater, 42 Gannet, 5 Cormorant, 18 Oystercatcher, a Curlew, 4 Knot, 1 Turnstone, 391 Black-headed Gull, 341 Sandwich Tern, 1710 Common Tern, 7 Arctic Tern, a Bonxie, 15 Arctic Skua, 2 juvenile Long-tailed Skua and a Puffin.

Overland vismigging saw a Spoonbill, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 3 Jackdaw, 5 Swift, 73 Sand Martin, 138 Swallow, 22 House Martin, 105 Tree Sparrow, 7 Flava Wagtail, 1 Alba Wagtail, 451 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 12 Linnet and 27 Reed Bunting.

Kilnsea wetlands had the 'resident' White-rumped Sandpiper along with 3 Pintail, 16 Wigeon, an Avocet, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 300 Knot, 1 Curlew Sandpiper and 1070 Redshank.

Ringing: 1 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 3 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 1 Redstart, 1 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, 28 Tree Sparrow, 1 Goldfinch, 4 Reed Bunting.

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Monday, 09 September 2019

The day after the Migfest weekender continued with more good birding, and the much hoped and anticipated for juvenile Honey Buzzard eventually turned up a day late after being seen further up the coast the previous day. That was not the end of the action though as a nice Blyth's Reed Warbler turned up in a net in Churchfield, showing well afterwards alongside a Reed Warbler in the same area by the pond. There were 2 Barred Warbler today with a new bird in Sykes field and the other still at the Warren and a Treecreeper in the kew area.

Migrants wise there were 7 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, a Blackcap, 4 Garden Warbler, 7 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, a Pied Flycatcher, 1 Redstart, 11 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, a Treecreeper and 12 Yellow Wagtail. 

There was a decent amount of visible migartion on offer before the rain started with 3 Swift, 1051 Swallow, 553 House Martin, 150 Sand Martin, 4 Rock Pipit, 177 Meadow Pipit, 1 Alba Wagtail, 7 Flava Wagtail, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Wood Pigeon, a Kestrel in/off, 2 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 25 Linnet and 5 Reed Bunting.

Over the sea the highlight was a Black-throated Diver north plus 3 Shoveler, 33 Wigeon, 456 Teal, 214 Common Scoter, 21 Red-throated Diver, 4 Fulmar, a Sooty Sheartwater, 218 Gannet, 2 Cormorant, 12 Knot, 119 Black-headed Gull84 Sandwich Ter, 3632 Common Tern, 2 Great Skua, 17 Arctic Skua and 2 Puffin.

On Kilnsea wetlands the White-rumped Sandpiper was still present along with 3 Curlew Sandpiper (incuding a Colour ringed bird), an Avocet, 1 Little-ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, a Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 21 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Shoveler, 19 Wigeon, 7 Pintail and 72 Teal.

Ringing: 1 Blyth's Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Redstart, 1 Meadow Pipt, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Chaffinch. 

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Sunday, 08 September 2019

- Second full action packed day of Migfest with talks, migartion walks, seawatching and visible migartion all producing.

- White-rumped Sandpiper continues to delight among nice selection of other species.

- Barred Warbler the highlight passerine wise.

- Secong talk by Per Alstrom.

- Look north attended in the morning and overall feeling for the weekend was a massive success.

Watches: 0600-1930.

There was plenty of good birding to be had throughtout the day with a nice scatter of migrants, good seawatching and visible migration with plenty of Waders om Kilnsea wetlands and the Humber. 

There were a number of good sightings during the day with the usual White-rumped Sandpiper still on Kilnsea wetlands, a Cetti's Warbler in Canal Hedge, a Slavonian Grebe on the sea among a Common Scoter flock, an eclipse male Mandarin wandering the area and 2 Barred Warbler with one trapeed at the Warren and the other by the Riverside.

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Saturday, 07 September 2019

- First full day of action at #migfest

- Packed programme of walk, talks, ringing and vismigging,

- The launch of the RBA Young Ornithologists Fellowship also involving Swarovski Optics, WILDSounds, Bardsey, Isle of May, Sandwich Bay and Spurn Bird Obs.

- The Martin Garner Spurn Young Birder, 2019 competition comes to its climax.

- Packed talk for Per Alstrom on speciation and migration.

- Nice scatter of migarnts throughout the day.

- Good sea watching in the morning.

- White-rumped Sandpiper still performing among a nice selction of Waders.

Most of todays action over the sea, but while not a classic sea watch it was still agood morning allowing many people their first chance to see a Skua or Shearwater. Totals today, a Pale-bellied Brent, 6 Common Scoter, 28 Red-throated Diver, 17 Fulmar 4 Sooty Shearwater, 39 Manx Shearwater, a Balearic Shearwater, 545 Gannet, 131 Oystercatcher, a Whimbrel, 10 Kittiwake, 140 Black-headed Gull, 450 Sandwich Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 19 Great Skua, 51 Arctic skua, 4 Pomarine Skua and 4 Puffin.

Migrant wise there were a Hobby, 4 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, a Marsh Warbler trapped in Churchfield, 1 Song Thrush, 7 Goldcrest, 7 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Redstart, 7 Whinchat, a Stonechat, 4 Wheatear and 3 Tree Pipit.

The Kilnsea wetland area still ahd the adult White-rumped Sandpiper along with 6 Pintail, an Avocat, 2 Little-ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, a Wood Sandpiper, 115 Mediterranean Gull and a Marsh Harrier with an Osprey north over at 1700 hrs.

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Friday, 06 September 2019

- The first unofficial day of #migfest

- Kilnsea wetlands looking fabulous with Ducks and Waders with the White-rumped Sandpiper still present.

- Seawatching looking good for the morning festival goers.

- Nightjar the pick of a good scatter of migrants.

Watches: 0615-1000, 1200-1410.

The White-rumped Sandpiper continued to show from the hide at Kilnsea wetlands where there was aslo an Avocet, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 30 Mediterranean Gull, the 3cy Caspian Gull and 2 Pintail.

A male Nightjar was a nice find in an Easington garden, dropping in to private gardens out of view. Also recorded were 7 Swift, 3 Willow Warbler, a Chiffchaff, 1 Grashopper Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Pied Flycatcher, a Redstart, 4 Whinchat and a Tree Pipit.

The sea had 1 Teal, 36 Common Scoter, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Shoveler, a Sooty Shearwater, 11 Cormorant, 7 Red-throated Diver, 64 Gannet, 3 Oystercatcher, 127 Sandwich Tern, 5 Arctic Skua, 8 Great Skua and a Kittiwake.

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Thursday, 05 September 2019

- The 7th Spurn Migration Festival begins tomorrow.

- White-rumped Sandpiper, Dotterel, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper and Spotted Redshank all showing on Kilnsea wetlands.

- A nice selection of seabirds including Shearwaters and plenty of Skuas over the sea.

- Thin scattering of migrants with a Nightjar the highlight.

- Trickle of overland moving Passerines.

Both the White-rumped Sandpiper and Dotterel were both on Kilnsea wetlands early morning along with a Canada Geese, 6 Pintail, 2 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 12 Wigeon, 2 Little Egret, 2 Avocet, 3 Little-ringed Plover, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 640 Redshank, a Spotted Redshank, 16 Greenshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper and 35 Mediterranean Gull.

On the move today over the sea were 49 Pink-footed Geese, 5 Teal, 5 Common Scoter, 15 Red-throated Diver, 35 Fulmar, 4 Sooty Shearwater, 9 Manx Shearwater, 199 Gannet, 10 cormorant, 71 Oystercatcher, 5 Whimbrel, 11 Sanderling, a Purple Sandpiper, 106 Great Skua, 14 Arctic Skua, a Pomarine Skua and 2 Puffin among few Auks while there was also a decent movement of Terns to roost with 36 Sandwich Tern, 1359 Common Tern, a Black Tern, 1 Roseate Tern and 2 Artic Tern, while overland were 2 Common Buzzard, 30 Swift, 284 Tree Sparrow, 2 Flava Wagtail, 12 Swallow, 2 Tree Pipit and 147 Meadow Pipit.

The pick of the migrants were a Nightjar flying along the road in Easington, while also seen were 11 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat, a Goldcrest, 6 Whinchat, 7 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, 2 Tree Pipit and 21 Yellow Wagtail.

Ringing: 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 48 Tree Sparrow, 1 House Sparrow, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Blackbird. (58 of 8 species).

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Wednesday, 04 September 2019

Watches: 0700-1015, 1750-1930.

- The Spurn migration festival begins on Friday.

- Kilnsea wetlands still comtinuing to pull the birds in and creating a fantastic spectacle.

- The Whte-rumped Sandpiper is still paying daily visits to the wetlands, as is the Dotterel which continues its atypical behaviour by feeding on the Humber mud.

- Potential for some seabirds over the weekend. 

The Kilnsea wetlands and Beacon ponds area had both the adult White-rumped Sandpiper and juvenile Dotterel which also continues its unusual behaviour of feeding out on the Humber mud along with 2 Canada Geese, 157 Greylag Geese, 7 Pintail, 2 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 18 Wigeon, 112 Mallard, 42 Teal, 4 Grey Heron, 9 Little Egret, 2 Avocet, 380 Ringed Plover, 2 Little-ringed Plover, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 600 Knot, 2 Ruff, 750 Redshank, 12 Greenshank, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, a Hobby, 25 Mediterranean Gull and the usual 3cy Caspian Gull.

On the move today over the sea were 330 Pink-footed Geese, 36 Common Scoter, 11 Red-throated Diver, 5 Little Egret, 36 Gannet, 14 cormorant, 9 Oystercatcher, 3 Arctic Skua, while there was also a decent movement of Terns in the morning heading out from their roosting area with 116 Sandwich term 1062 Common Tern and 2 Artic Tern. The only notable movement overland was 21 Swift heading south.
A big clear out of migrants left only 3 Wheatear from the previous day count of 54, while also seen were 8 Willow Warbler, a Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, a Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, a Tree Pipit and 15 Yellow Wagtail.

Ringing: 2 Blackbird, 1 Willow Warbler, 32 Tree Sparrow, 2 Robin, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch. (39 of 6 species).

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