September 30th. Thick fog enveloped the reserve throughout much of the morning after dawn making for grim birding conditions. Increasing southerly wind, with rain in afternoon.
Around, including birds trapped, were a Sparrowhawk, a Merlin, a Garden Warbler, a Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 10 Goldcrest, 2 Stonechat and 4 Redwing. On the Mere were 578 Teal and 3 Pintail; and on Tennyson's Sands 47 Black-tailed Godwit. Heading north-west were 52 Pink-footed Goose; and south 5 Redwing, 8 Meadow Pipit and 7 House Sparrow.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes, with Liam Andrews, resulted in 23 new birds: 2 Goldcrest, 3 Robin, a Garden Warbler, a Linnet, 5 Meadow Pipit, 6 Reed Bunting, a Blackcap and 4 Redwing; and a retrap Dunnock.
Ringing Recovery: Greenfinch, ringed GPBO 14 September 2019, killed by cat Croft, Lincolnshire 26 August 2022.
Redwing in fog, 30th September 2022. Photo - Nige Lound.
September 29th. Birds around, including those trapped, were 5 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, a Purple Sandpiper, a Jack Snipe, a Whimbrel, a Spotted Redshank, a Greenshank, a Buzzard, a Kingfisher, a Green Woodpecker, a Merlin, 5 Swallow, 15 Chiffchaff, 14 Goldcrest, a Coal Tit, 11 Redwing, 8 Song Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 11 House Sparrow, a Snow Bunting and a Brambling. On Croftmarsh were 900 Pink-footed Goose. Flying west were 470 Pink-footed Goose; north 35 Pink-footed Goose; and south 245 Pink-footed Goose, 12 Whooper Swan, a Tree Pipit, a Grey Wagtail, 25 Meadow Pipit, a Tree Sparrow, a Siskin and 30 Goldfinch.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes, with Keith Collett, provided 11 new birds: a Wren, a Goldcrest, a Blackcap, a Reed Bunting, a Blue Tit, 3 Dunnock, 2 Redwing and a Song Thrush; and 3 retraps: a Robin, a Dunnock and a Wren.
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| Snow Bunting 29th September 2022. Photo - Harry Fenwick  Photo - Kev Wilson  Photo - Steve Clipperton  Photo - Steve Clipperton  Photo - Steve Clipperton  Photo - Steve Clipperton |
A morning ringing session in East Dunes, with Liam Andrews, produced 22 new birds: a Goldcrest, a Wren, a Chiffchaff, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, a Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting, a Robin, a Blackcap, 4 Dunnock, a House Sparrow and a Great Spotted Woodpecker; and 4 retraps: 2 Goldcrest, a Blackbird and a Dunnock.
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Snow Bunting, 28th September 2022. Photo - Steve Clipperton |
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Snow Bunting, 28th September 2022. Photo - Steve Clipperton |
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Sparrowhawk, 28th September. Photo - Steve Clipperton |
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Barn Owl, 28th September 2022. Photo - Steve Clipperton |
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| House Sparrow, ringed 28 September 2022. Photo - George Gregory |
Ringing Control: Meadow Pipit, ringed Kilnsea, East Yorkshire 21 September 2022, controlled GPBO 24 September 2022.
September 27th. Birds around, including those trapped, were 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Chiffchaff, a Stonechat and 8 Goldcrest. On Croftmarsh were 200 Pink-footed Goose; and on Fenland Lagoon 5 Greenshank and a Kingfisher. Heading north-west were 350 Pink-footed Goose; and south 2 Redwing and 5 Meadow Pipit.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes resulted in 11 new birds: 5 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff, a Reed Bunting, a Goldfinch, a Dunnock and a Blackbird; and 5 retraps: 3 Goldcrest, a Dunnock and a Robin.
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| Kingfisher, 27 September 2022. Photo - Tom Baker  Photo - Tom Baker  Photo - Tom Baker  Photo - Tom Baker |
Around, including birds trapped, were a Yellow-browed Warbler, 14 Chiffchaff and 12 Goldcrest. On Croftmarsh were 500 Pink-footed Goose early morning.
A wind-shortened morning ringing session at Aylmer Avenue, with Liam Andrews, provided 8 new birds: a Wren, a Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, a Blackcap and a Tawny Owl; and 9 retraps: a Robin, 2 Long-tailed Tit, a Blue Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, a Great Tit and 2 Goldcrest.
Highlights of an evening sea-watch were a Sooty Shearwater, a Little Gull, 5 Arctic Skua and 2 Arctic Tern.
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Ringed Plover with Little Stint, 26th September 2022. Photo - Tom Baker |
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Little Stint, 26th September 2022. Photo - Tom Baker |
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Avocets 26th September 2022. Photo - Tom Baker |
September 25th. Birds around, including those trapped, were a Sparrowhawk, 5 Snipe, 28 Chiffchaff, 18 Goldcrest, 3 Yellow-browed Warbler, a Coal Tit, a Ring Ouzel, 60 Redwing, 60 Robin and 10 Song Thrush. Flying north-west were 1500 Pink-footed Goose; and south 500 Pink-footed Goose, a Snipe, 300 Meadow Pipit and 6 Brambling. A group of 13 Buzzard circling over Seacroft was joined by a Honey Buzzard - all moved off inland early afternoon.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes, with Kyle Campbell and Liam Andrews, produced 88 new birds:4 Chiffchaff, 15 Reed Bunting, 56 Meadow Pipit, a Robin, 2 Chaffinch, a Blackcap, a Linnet, 3 Dunnock, 4 Redwing and a Song Thrush; and 4 retraps: 2 Dunnock and 2 Goldcrest.
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25th September 2022. Photo - Tom Baker |
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| Redshank, 25th September. Photo - Tom Baker |
September 24th. Around, including birds trapped, were a Willow Warbler, a Chiffchaff, 8 Goldcrest, a Ring Ouzel and a Redwing. Going south were a Snipe, 100 Meadow Pipit, 2 Swallow and 2 Brambling; and north-west 270 Pink-footed Goose.
Highlights of an evening sea-watch were a Pomarine Skua, 5 Arctic Skua, a Great Skua, 9 Red-throated Diver, 20 Sandwich Tern, 6 Common Tern and 2 Arctic Tern.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes, with Liam Andrews and Kyle Campbell, yielded 61 new birds: 2 Wren, 4 Goldcrest, 38 Meadow Pipit, 10 Reed Bunting, a Robin, a Blue Tit, a Linnet, 3 Dunnock and a Redwing; 3 retraps: a Goldcrest and 2 Dunnock; and a control Meadow Pipit.
A morning ringing session at Aylmer Avenue by Mike Polling and Robyn Dalton yielded 9 new birds: 3 Goldcrest, a Chiffchaff, a Robin, a Blackcap and 3 Dunnock; and 6 retraps: 4 Dunnock, a Robin and a Wren.
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Little Stint with Dunlin 24thSeptember 2022. Photo - Tom Baker |
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Little Stint with Moorhen, 24th September. Photo - Tom Baker |
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Nursery Web Spider, 24th September 2022. Photo - Jim Shaw |
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| Willow Emerald Damselfly, 24th September 2022. Photo - Jim Shaw. |
September 23rd. Soggy start, gradually drying out.
Birds around, including those trapped, were 180 Pink-footed Goose, a Snipe, a Spotted Redshank, 3 Yellow-browed Warbler, a Firecrest, 10 Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest, a Redwing, a Pied Flycatcher and 3 Stonechat. Heading south were 81 Pink-footed Goose and 5 Swallow; and north a Marsh Harrier and 3 Swallow.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes provided 7 new birds: 2 Wren, a Goldcrest, a Robin, a Blackcap, a Reed Bunting and a Redwing; and 4 retraps: a Pied Flycatcher, 2 Dunnock and a Song Thrush.
Meanwhile at Aylmer Avenue a morning ringing session provided 10 new birds: 4 Goldcrest, 3 Meadow Pipit and singles of Robin, Dunnock and Yellow-browed Warbler; and 5 retraps: 2 Dunnock and singles of Goldcrest, Chiffchaff and Blackcap.
A Convolvulus Hawk-moth Caterpillar was found near the North Car Park.
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| Yellow-browed Warbler, ringed 23rd September 2022 Photo - Michael Briggs  Photo - Jack Hood  Photo - Jack Hood  Photo - Philip Millns |
September 22nd. Around, including birds trapped, were a Sparrowhawk, a Chiffchaff and 24 Goldcrest. Flying south were 8 Shoveler, a Marsh Harrier, 50 Swallow, 10 House Martin, a Grey Wagtail and 220 Meadow Pipit: and north-west 500 Pink-footed Goose. A Yellow-browed Warbler was in East Dunes early morning, another Yellow-browed Warbler was along the road edge between North Car Park and Aylmer Avenue from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. Highlights at sea were a Black-throated Diver, a Scaup and 2 Arctic Tern.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes, with Keith Collett and Kyle Campbell, produced 7 new birds: 2 Goldcrest, a Wren, 2 Reed Bunting and 2 Blackcap; and a retrap Goldcrest.
Meanwhile another ringing session over at Aylmer Avenue produced 33 new birds: 22 Meadow Pipit, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap and singles of Jackdaw, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Robin and Greenfinch; and 3 retraps: singles of Blackcap, Blue Tit and Long-tailed Tit.
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| Vapourer Moth 22nd September 2022. Photo - David Curtis |
A morning ringing session in East Dunes, with Liam Andrews, resulted in 10 new birds: 4 Goldcrest, a Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, a Sedge Warbler, a Great Tit and a Dunnock; and 6 retraps: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Tit, a Goldcrest and a Wren.
Over at Aylmer Avenue, another ringing session was also taking place which resulted in 82 new birds: 30 Meadow Pipit, 16 Goldcrest, 7 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 5 Chaffinch, 3 Wren, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 Whitethroat and singles of Lesser Whitethroat and Reed Warbler; and 17 retraps: 4 Great Tit, 4 Dunnock, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Robin, a Goldcrest, a Wren and a Chiffchaff.
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Ichneumon Wasp 21st September 2022. Photo - Nige Lound. |
