Dry today with a brisk
north-easterly wind, the nets were quiet but did include a smart Wood Warbler
and a Spotted Flycatcher (the first one caught this autumn); the main feature
of the day however was a good Goose movement with 2,785 Greylag Geese heading south with most of them passing in the
first few hours of the day. A few
waders flocks were also moving as well as 70+ Swifts moving south offshore with
3 Peregrines and single Kestrel and Merlin also at sea but good numbers of
waders were around including 53 Lapwings, 17 Ruff and 45+ Snipe while in
Vågsvollvika there were now 3 Little Stints with 120 Dunlin.
The coast was busier than yesterday with increased
totals of 300+ Dunlin, 25 Knot, 6 Sanderling, another 4 Little Stints, 2
Spotted Redshanks, 125+ Redshank, 32+ Greenshank, 27 Common Sandpipers, 12
Turnstone and 90+ Teal while a few oddities included a single Grey Plover, a
redhead Goosander and 2 Goldeneye all being hunted by 3 more Peregrines, a
Merlin, a couple of Kestrels and 5+ Sparrowhawks.
There was little to mention inland with 4 Whinchats,
a couple of Yellow Wagtails and a build-up of 150+ Swallows.
Wood Warbler
Spotted Flycatcher
Little Stint
Redshank
Dunlin
Plenty of raptor action today including this Sparrowhawk with the remains of a Common Sandpiper
And this incoming Peregrine
There's always a bigger fish though, I'm guessing that a Goshawk was responsible for this half-eaten Sparrowhawk
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