November 14th. A quite soggy start, mostly cloudy, with light north-westerly wind.
Birds around included a Merlin.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes produced 16 new birds: a Robin, 3 Goldfinch, a Reed Bunting, a Redwing, 2 Song Thrush and 8 Blackbird; and 3 retraps: a Robin and 2 Blackbird.
Ringing Control: Sparrowhawk, ringed Kilnsea, East Yorkshire 2 November 2024, controlled GPBO 12 November 2024.
November 13th. Cloudy, with light westerly wind.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes yielded 27 new birds: 2 Wren, a Reed Bunting, a Redwing and 23 Blackbird; and 3 retraps: a Redwing, a Wren and a Robin.
November 12th. Cloudy, with moderate north-easterly wind.
A morning sea-watch produced a good selection of birds: flying north were a Red-necked Grebe, a Great Northern Diver, a Skua sp, 110 Kittiwakes, 2 Little Gulls, 2 Arctic Terns and 2 Slavonian Grebes leading a group of Auks, and south a Pomarine Skua. 2 Snow Buntings were around the beach and a Twite flew south.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes provided 9 new birds: a Goldfinch, 4 Redwing and 4 Blackbird; 3 retraps: 2 Blackbird and a Song Thrush; and 2 controls: a Sparrowhawk with a British ring and a Blackbird with a Danish ring.
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| Sparrowhawk, controlled 12 November 2024. Photo - George Gregory |
November 11th. A quite soggy start, then quite sunny but cool, with light north-westerly wind.
Another busy early morning period with Thrushes, Finches, Pipits, Skylarks, 30 Whooper Swans, 400 Pink-footed Geese and over 2000 Woodpigeons on the move. A Woodlark went south over the Plantation and a Cattle Egret went south down the East Dunes, but may have been the bird later joining the regular 2 on Croftmarsh. Offshore a there were good numbers of Gannets for the time of year, 2 Arctic Skuas, a Great Northern Diver going south, 3 Arctic Terns north, and several Starlings and a Woodcock arriving over the waves. Other birds around included 2 Barn Owls, a Green Woodpecker (Plantation), a Water Pipit, a Jack Snipe and 3 Cetti's Warblers.
A morning ringing session in East Dunes produced 10 new birds: a Chiffchaff, a Goldfinch, a Chaffinch, 2 Redwing, a Song Thrush and 4 Blackbird; and 2 retraps: a Goldcrest and a Robin.
The remarkable run of rare moth occurrences continues with a Red Sword Grass and the first county record of Oak Rustic attracted to light.
