Whimbrel Watch
You get up early, so you can arrive at your destination by sunrise (which is before 6am these days). You drive to Colonel Sam Smith Park, which is in the west end of Toronto on Lak...
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You get up early, so you can arrive at your destination by sunrise (which is before 6am these days). You drive to Colonel Sam Smith Park, which is in the west end of Toronto on Lak...
The north easterly was almost gale force today and there was one bird that seems to be enjoying it, Bar-tailed Godwit. The Bill was a bit more lively this morning HERE with 39 Barw...
Marbled Godwits stand a foot and a half tall, on slender, dark legs. Their exquisitely long bills are pink, tipped in black, and just slightly up-curved. Altogether, a stunning bir...
It was another rather slow day this morning at the Bill HERE with highlights including 2 Black Tern, 2 Little Gull, 1 pale phase Arctic Skua, a female Eider, a Red-throated Diver,...
The Bill was slow but steady this morning with a drip and a trickle of a nice variety of migrants passing by HERE. Highlights included a cracking pair of Eider, 5 Teal going east,...
The wind remains from the east but it was much lighter with day temperatures yesterday (8th April) reaching about 18 C by the afternoon. As it seemed like good arrival conditions I...
There was a little bit of moth migration last night and also a few bird migrants around the garden this morning HERE. After getting a bit of work done (it was supposed to be a work...
Mainly sunny, 14°, light SW. A light influx of migrants’ early morning, they quickly filtered through the Bill area and by midday most had departed leaving the rest of the day fair...
Monday is all day in the field day. The high pressure conditions persist with a north easterly cool wind strengthening through the day. I started off at the Bill HERE with the gan...
Mainly sunny with a cloudy spell, 14°, fresh NE. Not much hope at first light, a fresh north‑easterly cutting across the bill, but as the hours passed the birds had other ideas. Wh...
The migration went up a gear today. I started off at the Bill HERE with highlights including a Redpoll in-off (year tick), a female Eider west, 86 Whimbrel, 95 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6...
Ibis White Shoulder Hook - Standard wet styleThread - BlackTail - ScarletBody - Scarlet floss dubbing or woolHackle - Scarlet over white, or mixedWing - Scarlet duck or goose quill...
The writing was on the wall with the news of two Black-winged Stilts at Pulborough early morning so I went over to check Ferry and the Tramway for any overshoots. 74 species in abo...
Sunny, 14°, strong E. Another blustery day on the Isle of Portland with not a lot seen on land or sea. 22 Whimbrel and 65 Bar-tailed Godwit, sometimes in mixed flock and 16 Common...
I was at the Selsey Seawatch this morning by 6am and had a good session HERE with my first Pomarine Skua and 2 Great Skua for the year and waterbirds on the move including 41 Whimb...
Mainly cloudy, 10°, light S. Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler and Common Whitethroat, Cholsey Marsh. Per Brian Wyatt. Bunk area: on the walk out there were 10+ House Mar...
Cloudy, 12°, light ENE. Arrived at Portland bird obs around mid-afternoon and by the time we unpacked and got some shopping in there was not much time for birding. After an evening...
Sunny, 14°, strong NE. Probably the worst wind for vizmig at Portland. However, a reasonable scattering of birds. On the sea, 2 Pomarine Skua, 2 Arctic Skua, a Red-throated Diver,...
Ynys Môn (Anglesey): Their breeding numbers in Wales are so low they could be extinct here in a decade. That makes each sighting all the more preciousThe RSPB’s Cors Ddyga reserve...
It was a southeast wind with frontal conditions and some rain this morning and looked perfect for migration at the Bill. My list HERE with highlights including a passage of Arctic...
Sunny spells, 16°, light to breezy SSE. Bunk and Gravel pit: A Greenshank appeared briefly and called, only to fly and disappear into one of the pits with no view of it. In fact mo...
Sunny periods, 17°, Breezy SSE. A check on the gravel pit today: 12 Tufted Duck, a Little Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, I could hear Oystercatcher calling but not see them, overhead, 2...
The anticyclonic conditions continue with clear blue skies and a northeast breeze. The wind had calmed down a lot today which seems to have slowed down migration. I did a 3.5 hour...
Sunny periods, 14°, light NE. A slow day with a limited flurry of migrants early then all quiet. A call from the ringing crew at Culverwell for a Golden Oriole saw most of us trek...
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