Moast Beach

A load of Waders on Moast Beach, nothing unusual, the best being a Common Sandpiper.

Dunlin

Ringed Plover

Common Sandpiper

Shetland Bumblebee

Caspos

Had a walk along the banks of the river Wisla up to Katy and back - 2 Golden Orioles, a Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Reed Warblers, a Common Rosefinch, 20 Caspian Gulls, 3 Common Sandpipers, 5 Black Redstarts and a Buzzard - stinkin' hot all day until a massive thunder storm early evening cooled things down a bit.

Black Redstart

Caspian Gulls

Common Sandpiper

More Waders

Waders on the patch today included 1 Whimbrel, 10 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpipers, 9 Black-tailed Godwits and 60 Knot, migrant passerines present were 5 Willow Warblers, juv Crossbill and a Garden Warbler.

Black-tailed Godwits (with Knot)

Common Sandpiper

A Trickle

Despite the northerly winds, a few migrants have made it to the patch this week, 2 Willow Warblers were in the garden for a couple of days, a few Whimbrel have been heading south and a Common Sandpiper was on Moast Beach today.
On the moth front numbers have dropped dramatically with the northerlies, 300+ plus before and just 2 last night, although I did trap a Holly Tortrix (cheers Andy, for the I.D.) on the 7th.

Smaller and Smaller.

Seems like there's been a bit of a clear out on the patch with smaller numbers of almost everything - Lapland Buntings down to 7, only about 40 Skylarks about and only about 200 Meadow Pipits. The Redstart remains in the garden and a Common Sandpiper was in West Voe. 24 Pink-footed Geese went over the patch just before dinnertime - winter is on it's way ! It's pretty much 'windless' up here at the moment (at last !), so looks like a good night for the moth trap.

Common Sandpiper.

Meadow Pipit.

Merlin.

Pink-footed Geese.

Everyone say awe !

Waggy.

Yellow Wagtail added to the patch year list with a bird on one of the beaches in front of the house, elsewhere around the patch - 3 Blackcaps, 2 Willow Warblers, 2 Pied Flycatchers, 4 Redstarts, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whinchat and a Song Thrush. Wader wise, there was 6 Knot, 5 Ruff, a Bar-tailed Godwit and a Common Sandpiper. Still a bit hard going with a strong south easterly still blowing and lashing down with rain for most of the day.

Pied Flycatcher.

Yellow Wagtail.

Whitethroat.

Bar-tailed Godwit.

Common Sandpiper (not some weird long billed, wing barred small Shearwater !).

Ruff.

Spotted Flycatcher.

Third Time Lucky.

Three visits to Scatness today, as it's still blowing a south-easterly.
Visit One - Nothing !
Visit Two - Still nothing, but Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and 2 Redstarts in the Garden.
Visit Three - At last - 3 Tree Pipits, 3 Swallows, 3 Whooper Swans, 2 Goosander (which kindly flew past the Garden at dusk, taking the House list up to 166), 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and a male Bluethroat !
Have just been informed, by the Missus, that there was a Turtle Dove in the Garden at 6am this morning !


Common Sandpiper.

Redstart.

Suicidal Wren.

Whooper Swans.

September 14th 2008. Little Stints.

Winds a bit lighter today, and still lots of migrants around.

6 Garden Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Robin, 12 Restart, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Chaffinch, 11 Whinchat, 13 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 9 Song Thrush, 5 Tree Pipit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Wood Warbler, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Brent Goose, 1 Pintail, 12 Lapwing and 2 Grey Heron at Scatness.

190+ Dunlin, 34 Knot, 1 Ruff, 5 Little Stint, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits and 1 Sanderling on Moast and Sanblister Beaches.

1 Barred Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Robin, 3 Redstart, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Kestrel, 1 Pied Flycatcher and 1 Blackcap in the garden.

Brick in the moth trap last night.


Whinchat & Song Thrush.

Redstart & Pied Flycatcher.

Garden Warbler & Turnstone.

Ruff & Common Sandpiper.

Ringed Plover.

Little Stints.

Knot.

Dunlin.

Curlew Sandpiper.