Plenty of Bottlenose Dolphin activity off our stretch of the coast has included two offshore today and three offshore on 20th (as well as sightings at various other coastal watch-points). a Great Egret at the Dams on 21st and 22nd has been the pick of bird sightings, with up to two Greenshanks, a Little Ringed […]
Notables over recent days include a Turtle Dove on Long Hedge today (the first, and hopefully not last, of the year) and a brief Temminck’s Stint at the Dams, which attracted a superb summer plumage Spotted Redshank on the 17th and 18th. The Dams is also hosting up to five Common Sandpipers, three Greenshank, a […]
Today’s highlight was a male European Honey-buzzard which came in off the sea and headed SW at Reighton Sands at 1145hrs. Yesterday (14th), a Whinchat was in the Rocket Pole Field, and a Fieldfare and two Sanderlings were on the Brigg, while on 13th, four Wheatears were on Carr Naze. A busy 11th saw two […]
A scattering of new migrants today included a Pied Flycatcher in the Top Scrub, two Whinchats at the Tip and a small upsurge in Willow Warblers and Sylvias, while on the sea, an Arctic Skua and 45 Sandwich Terns went north; a single Great Northern Diver remained in the bay, and the Greenshank, Redshank, Dunlin […]
Five Black Terns were at the Dams today, with four heading south off the Brigg. Yesterday (7th) two Wood Sandpipers, a Whimbrel, a Greenshank, five Yellow Wagtails, four Ringed Plovers, four Dunlin and a Swift dropped in at the Dams during a similarly wild and wet day, and the gull flock there contained 11 Common […]
At the Dams this eve, totals of 42 Pied, one White and one Yellow Wagtail and 75 Sand Martins, 55 Swallows and five Shelduck were among pre-roost congregations, while at the Gap, light movenents this morning included 23 Swallows, two House Martins and single Red-throated and Great Northern Divers. Yesterday (5th), a Common Tern and […]
The quiet, northerly wind-dominated period continues, although a male Black Redstart was on Mill Meadows in the evening, with two Common Sandpipers at the Dams, a Manxie and a Whimbrel on the seawatch, and a Great Northern Diver in the bay. Yesterday (3rd), a Whimbrel was at East Lea and four Manxies and two Red-breated […]
At East Lea, a Tree Pipit and a Swift went north, with two Common Sandpipers, a Little Ringed Plover, and single White and Yellow Wagtails on the deck there, while a Tufted Duck, three Manxies and 16 Sandwich Terns were the best of a still very quiet sea.
Waders were the main theme of the day today, with three Wood Sandpipers briefly down at East Lea, where four Golden Plovers, a Whimbrel, a Greenshank and a Snipe flew over and Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper were over at the Dams. A Swift also headed south at East Lea, three Yellow Wagtails were […]
A quieter day today, although notables included two Acredula Willow Warblers (Top Scrub and Arndale), 18 Yellowhammers in Short Hedge, a Tree Pipit, a Common Sandpiper and five Yellow Wagtails at East Lea, two Whimbrel and three Yellow Wagtails south at Carr Naze first thing, two fully-winged Mandarins with a sadly wing-clipped drake at Primrose […]