September & October had better produce something pretty spectacular!Ī filler post. Quite how I'm going to get to 110 is anyone's guess. The best bird of what was a slow-going visit was a juvenile Spotted Redshank at Gembling on 25th. Green Sandpiper - 8 birds (7 Gembling + 1 Cattleholmes)Ĭommon Sandpiper - flock of 10 at dusk at Kelk LakeĬommon/Black-headed Gulls - 2k+ gulls (mostly Common) to roost in evening of 22ndĬhiffchaff/Willow Warbler - still plenty about Marsh Harrier - female between Kelk-Gemblingīuzzard - probably a min of 10 birds seen Grey Partridge - four family parties totalling 27 noted Shoveler - 1 with Teal off Kelk Beck (year tick!) Greylag Goose - 175 flying around over BarfHill/Gembling on 23rd. Very quick summary here and I promise to dig out some photos soon. I took a long weekend visit 22-25th August, but it's been hectic ever since. Six species were added to the year list during the two months. My only previous record was also a young bird, a long-stayer in winter 1990/91.Ī Wheatear was seen in Kelk on 8th October. Considering how few birds are using the lake now this is an incredible record - clearly a very lost individual. October's star bird was an immature Long-tailed Duck at Kelk Lake. All previous records have been either March/April or August/September. This is only my second local record, the previous being a brief fly-over at Kelk.Ī Red Kite was seen watching ploughing from the safety of a tree in Kelk at the beginning of September. The best birds of the weekend were the surprising continued appearance of the Spotted Redshank at Gembling noted in August, which had been joined by a juvenile Black-tailed Godwit first seen on 21st and still present on 28th. Water Rail - 1 at Lowthorpe Bridge (earliest autumn record!) Peregrine - 1 immature chasing Golden Plovers #Kelk 2013 patch plus#Weekend of 21st-22nd, plus Saturday 28th. There's been some good birds around though! Another short interim report, I'm afraid. stuck on 109 with one month to go!ĭespite good intentions here we are two months later. A flock perched together on wires in Kelk. A very high count for November.Ĭorn Bunting - 9. A very good count this late in autumn.īlackbird - "plenty", including 80+ around Kelk on 17th.Ĭhaffinch - 30+. These latter follow on from the best summer in recent years when at least 4 males were heard 'jangling their keys' in song, and then what was presumably a family party seen in Kelk in July.Ĭanada Goose - 10. For once it was left to the resident farmland birds to provide the highlights - a very large count of 180+ Linnet and 9 Corn Bunting. But that's the mystery of migration, I guess. I was particularly puzzled by the lack of Fieldfare and Redwing especially as there seemed to be lots of Blackbirds. Not a particularly eventful weekend considering it's November with only small numbers of wildfowl.
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