Friday, 6 November 2015

6th November


Same again with a brisk, cold easterly and overcast skies; there were a handful of new Blackbirds in the few nets I could open while on the sea an adult White-billed Diver went south along with single Black Guillemot and Great-northern Diver and slightly improved numbers of Red-throated Divers and Kittiwakes (there have been really low numbers of 1st winter Kittiwakes indicating a poor breeding season).

                Birds round the coast then included 6 Snow Buntings on Skarvodden with another couple over to the NW, a female Goshawk which came in low over the sea (as did several Redwings and Fieldfares), 2 Wheatears, 2 Short-eared Owls on Steinodden and a big, slightly interesting looking 1st winter female Peregrine which soon disappeared.   Rain then moved in mid-afternoon putting an end to anything else!
 

Fieldfare and Redwing in amongst this morning's Blackbirds

I watched this Fieldfare come in across the sea
 

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