Sunday 7 April 2013

Massive Meadow Pipit movement but otherwise disappointing

Heysham Obs
Three hours on the north harbour wall and most of the morning on and off around the office

Meadow Pipit - probably about 200 per hour over the reserve 0700-1030, c60 1030-1130 with at least 450 in three hours over the north harbour wall whilst mixing and matching seawatching with vis
alba Wagtail - c15 over reserve and 39 over north wall
Goldfinch - 5 NE
Greenfinch - 1 NE over north wall
Chaffinch - 1 NE over north wall
Lesser Redpoll - 1 NE over north wall and three ringed on the reserve
Black-headed/Common Gulls - small passage north with 48 BH (flock of 23) and 20 CM
Teal - one u-turned!
Pink-footed Goose - 160 north in two flocks
Sandwich Tern  5
Carrion Crow - flocks of 4 & 6 north
Gannet - 6
Red-throated Diver - just 5
Common Scoter - 10
Twite - 71 with 2 unringed out of 35 examined
Chiffchaff - one north wall, one singing by NR office early morning
Goldcrest - 2 reserve & 2 Middleton

Little Egret - one half-moon bay
Med Gull - ringed 3CY outfalls
Grey Wagtail - 1

Moth
The longest mothless spring ever was broken today with the first Common Quaker of the year