Despite this the birding was great, and dawn til dusk wandrings had several highlights which included, masses of waders at the high-tide roosts on the wetlands, movements of skuas and auks on the sea, a mass-movement of passerines on Saturday, plus some interesting individual species with the highlights being the following
Rustic Bunting - First seen briefly on the morning of the 30th, then a better view late in the day creeping through thistles until dusk.
Red-rumped Swallow - Flying south along the Humber shore on the 28th during a signficant movement of migrating birds.
Yellow-browed Warblers - At least 3 individual birds seen on 29th and 30th.
Short-Eared Owl - One in-off the sea on 29th
Merlin - At least 2 birds seen most days
Hobby - Seen on 2 days
Caspian Gull - one 1stWinter on 28th.
Great White Egret - one south on 29th
Ring Ouzel - One heard on morning of the 30th
Barnacle Geese - 8 migrating south on 30th
Arctic Skua - Over 100 birds South on 29th
Arctic Tern - 1 on 30th
Pink-footed Geese- Early arriving birds c50
Spotted Redshank - one on Kinsea wetlands
Meadow Pipit - 8,000 South in 3 hours on 28th
Linnet - 2,500 South in 3 hours on 28th
Tree Sparrow - over 100 moving South 3 days.
Other migrants included Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Redstart, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Spotted Flycatcher and on the 30th my first Redwings of the autumn as c30 birds dropped in.
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| Knot, Redshank and Dunlin at Kilnsea wetlands roost |
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| THen a trpical rainstorm ! |
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| Luckily I was sitting in a hide |
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| 1CY Caspian Gull |
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| Caspian Gull |
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| Bar-tailed Godwit with Redshank |
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| Redshank |
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| Hebridean Sheep |
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| Arctic Skua |
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| Short-eared Owl over the sea |
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| Common Swift |
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| Hobby |
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| Tree Sparrow |
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| Reed Bunting |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler |
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