Saturday 26 September 2009

Still too windy

Heysham Obs
A proposed ringing session at Middleton fell foul of a fresh early morning westerly, so a low-key effort next to the HNR office was Plan B. Just one Grey Wagtail and a few Greenfinch ringed

Vis mig 0645-1100
Not a lot:
Goldfinch - 2
alba Wagtail - 5
Starling - 50 SW
Chaffinch - 14
Reed Bunting - 1
Greylag - 11 S
Pink-footed Goose - 2+50 S
Grey Wagtail - 5
Greenfinch - 7 SW
Meadow Pipit - 13 SE
Rook - 4 north together - a significant record this
Skylark - 1
House Martin - 1

Grounded
Wheatear - 1
Song Thrush - 3 possible migrants together
Canada Goose - 9 Middleton IE
No warblers or 'crests despite two tit flocks past the office

Outfalls area
Med Gull - 1 x 1st W, 1 x Ad
Black-tailed Godwit - 4
Bar-tailed Godwit - 2

Elsewhere
Great White Egret Leighton Moss area (including o/n roost). 6 Glossy Ibis on Kent Estuary LAST night but NNEW so far today