Westerly strong breeze, sunny in the morning overcast later in the afternoon.
Grounded migrants
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 near the marsh
Stonechat - 1 female which flew into the Tank Farm
Chiffchaff - 6
Blackcap - 1
Goldcrest - 3
Coal Tit - 3
Blackbird - 30
Song Thrush - 40
Robin - 7 'ticking' and 10 singing
Bullfinch - 6
Diurnal migrants
Chaffinch - 40 south
Bullfinch - 8 south
alba wagtail - 11 SE
Meadow Pipit - 4 SE
Skylark - 2+ south
Dunnock - 2 south
Carrion Crow - 9 south
There were several tit flocks consisting mainly of Long-tailed Tits with a few hangers-on Blue, Great and Coal Tits and the odd Chiffchaff. The largest flock of Long-tailed Tits was 12 and the remaining 14 or so were in 4 smaller flocks.
Knot
SR23865/orange PJU
Ringed: Ainsdale 24/7/20
Read in field: Heysham heliport 5/10/20
Jean Roberts/Pete Marsh
Very little overhead movement this morning and the same goes for grounded birds. It was very clear so moving passerines would have been hard to spot and nothing was heard (by my ears that don't work at high frequency any more).
Blackbird - 6 SE
Jackdaw - 13 S
Carrion Crow - 5+2+4 S
Thrush sp. - 7SE far to the east of the reserve
Ringing: very poor catch again today, not counting the Tit species trapped on both sides of the road.
Wren - 1
Chiffchaff - 1
Goldcrest - 4
Reed Bunting - 3
Long tailed Tit - 4 + 9 retraps
Blue tit - 7 +1 retrap
Great Tit - 4
Another good session and excellent pictures from Dan H
Heysham Head 0750-1030 today
Vis
Pink-footed Goose 133 S
Skylark 56 E plus others heard but not seen
Meadow Pipit 14 E
Chaffinch 9 NE
redpoll sp 3E
Reed Bunting 2 E
Rock Pipit 2 E
Pair of Raven patrolled the shoreline then went E. Flying around HNR in the evening.
Meadow Pipit 10
Coal Tit 6
Song Thrush 5
Goldcrest 4
Reed Bunting 3
Rock Pipit 3
Chiffchaff 1
Nuthatch 1 - not quite annual in the recording area
Stonechat 1 m
Smithy Wood 1030-1130
Blackbird 14
Song Thrush 8
A nice shot of a Song Thrush |
Goldcrest 5
Coal Tit 5
Chiffchaff 1
Reed Bunting 1
Heysham Nature Reserve 1145-1300
Vis
Meadow Pipit 6 SE
redpoll sp 3 E
Siskin 2 S
Coal Tit 7
Chiffchaff 2
Yellow-browed Warbler 1
The YBW is on this one, you will have to open the picture to be able to find it. I'll post this picture again tomorrow with the bird circled. |
Picture by Janet. |
Merveille du Jour. Not common in the Heysham area. |