Monday 31 August 2015

31st August


A perfect, flat calm day with good cloud cover and plenty of birds around the lighthouse in the morning; the nets were (relatively) busy with 45 new birds caught including 2 Sparrowhawks, a Yellow Wagtail, 5 Garden Warblers, 9 White Wagtails, a Reed Warbler, 8 Tree Pipits and 2 Rock Pipits.   The day’s highlight though came mid-morning when a superb GYRFALCON flew SE along the coast at close range – now that I’ve seen one properly the bird I saw two days ago was almost certainly a Gyr as well!

                There were good numbers of other birds around as well especially 30+ Yellow Wagtails and 25+ Tree Pipits while 10+ Sparrowhawks and a Merlin whizzed around.   A bit frustratingly I couldn’t get out and about until late afternoon but by then it had clouded over completely and was a bit dark and gloomy but there were Tree Pipits, Yellow Wagtails and Whinchats all over the place while a big Goshawk and more Sparrowhawks were around and a few flocks of Crossbills were in the woods.
 
Yellow Wagtail

Tree Pipit
 

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