An autumnal feel at the weekend. Lots of birds about but nothing particularly unexpected. Hightlights were the Great White Egret, four Green Sandpipers probably settling in for winter, a whopping record count of 600 Herring Gulls, and five each of Grey Wagtail and Jay.
Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th October
Mute Swan - 6
Greylag Goose - 60+
Wigeon - 35
Gadwall - 1
Teal - 160+
Mallard - 120+
Red-legged Partridge - 6
Cormorant - 5
Great White Egret - 1 at Kelk Beck
Little Egret - 4 (3 Kelk, 1 Wansford)
Heron - 5
Sparrowhawk - 5
Buzzard - 18
Kestrel - 8
Golden Plover - 400+ nr Gembling
Lapwing - 80
Green Sandpiper - 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2
Herring Gull - 600, a record count
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Collared Dove - 23 at Gembling
Tawny Owl - 2
Kingfisher - 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2
Skylark - flock of 25 at Kelk Beck
Meadow Pipit - 2
Grey Wagtail - 5
Redwing - 31, but no Fieldfares
Mistle Thrush - 25 incl 19 together at Gembling
Goldcrest - 2 at Kelk were presumably migrants
Treecreeper - 1
Jay - 5
Jackdaw - 1000+ at pre-roost
Rook - 1000+ at pre-roost
Linnet - 170 in two flocks of 80+90
Bullfinch - 4
Yellowhammer - flock of 23
Part of the 2000-plus Corvid pre-roost at Kelk. It was about 50/50 Jackdaws and Rook from what I could tell. The roost could still climb to 3k by winter though I would expect most of the increase to be Rooks.
The drain at Gembling has breached and created this flood, plus a similar size patch behind me in a winter corn field. Could be interesting for birds over winter and into spring!
All three of the common gulls; Herring, Black-headed and Common Gull. There was an exceptional number of Herring Gulls in the area over the weekend - a record count of 600 - outnumbering the other species.
A heron flying over.
Ropey photo but I'm just pleased to see a Kingfisher sat still for a change. Incredibly this is the first one I've seen along the beck all year.
Two new for the year...
104 Treecreeper
105 Great White Egret
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