More local patching here,with another summary of two days out and about around my little patch on the banks of the Humber Estuary.
20th October
Today was the Icelandic Goose survey around the country,where a synchronised count takes place counting Pink-footed Geese leaving their roost sites and i did my bit counting birds leaving their roost on the north bank of the Humber,crossing over to my patch and inland to feed for the day.A decent count of 2,241 birds was made and an incredible 29,600 birds on the estuary as a total,the second highest count ever.
After the goose count,Winter's held 2 pretty late Curlew Sandpipers over the high tide and a female Stonechat was along the seawall towards Killingholme.
At East Halton Skitter today,another female Stonechat and a Merlin were seen,the latter bombing past us at break neck speed.
A walk along the mitigation site revealed the 3rd and 4th Stonechats of the day,with a pair being seen and then the beautiful sight and sound of 50 Whooper Swans.A nice flock of 46 birds headed south towards Killingholme and 4 birds dropped in on the mitigation site,what a great end to the visit for the day.
27th October
A few bits and bobs on Winter's to start the visit today included a single Ruff,3 Little Egret and the resident male Cetti's Warbler singing away and after reaching the floodbank a redhead Goosander flew out towards Killingholme.
Quite a bit of wildfowl on the mitigation site included 56 Mallard,18 Gadwall & 50 Teal and the first 4 Roe Deer of a good count of 11 were seen.
A good tramp around the Skitter pools and general area,saw 2 Water Pipit arriving for the winter,3 Rock Pipits,a single male Bearded Tit and a Juv. Peregrine all entering the notebook.This was followed by 2 Stonechat a male and a female seen separately and a nice flock of 60 Chaffinch observed on the fields.A good check through these revealed 0 Bramblings unfortunately.
A walk along Skitter road,saw me adding a new species for the year and not a common one on my patch,a Coal Tit.This single bird was seen with a mixed tit flock at Grange Farm and was a nice surprise.
A quick check of the flooded field next to Winter's before i left for home,saw 11 Black-tailed Godwit,Turnstone,Dunlin,Snipe,7 Redshank and 47 Lapwing feeding on it and the stunning adult male Marsh Harrier was seen again hunting the rough field nearby.
A couple of decent visits,particularly the Pinks and Whooper Swans.
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| Whooper Swans,Over The Mitigation Site On The 20th. |
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| Dawn Over The Humber On The 27th. |
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| Little Egret,Winter's Pond,27th. |
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| Juvenile Male Kestrel,Winter's Pond,27th. |
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| Red Head Goosander,27th. |
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| Greylag Geese,27th. |
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| Grange Farm,27th. |
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| Common Buzzard Over His Territory,27th. |
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| Gadwall,Winter's Pond,27th. |
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| Gadwall,Winter's Pond,27th. |
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