Pallas's Warbler

Pallas's Warbler
Pallas's Warbler, Donna Nook 10th October 2010

Monday 25 June 2012


Sunday 24th
Not a very productive day the best being just 35 Shelducks, one Peregrine, one Sandwich Tern, 6 Little Egrets and 21 Swifts.
 
Saturday 23rd
 
The wind certainly made everything hard work today. Nonetheless, the best birds were 19 Sandwich Terns, one Common Tern, 3 Gannets, one Arctic Skua, ca.31 Common Scoters, one Cormorant, one Peregrine, 58 Swifts, 2 Cuckoos 11 Curlews and one Turtle Dove. All the Swifts came in from the mouth of the river, then split and continued NW or SW in almost equal numbers. The skua, which was dark-phased, and the earliest ever autumn bird by 7 days. It passed to the south.
 
                                                       

Wednesday 20 June 2012

Highlights today were c.30 Common Scoters north at sea and c250 up the Humber and 2 Sandwich Terns south and 2 up the Humber. Also 7 Cuckoos, 10 Little Egrets, 2 Kestrels, one Sparrowhawk, 3 Yellow Wagtails and 550 Starlings.   A male Bullfinch was at Stonebridge and 5 Teal were on the high tide edge this morning.
 

Sunday 17 June 2012

Between Stonebridge and Pye's Hall the only waders were 5 Oystercatchers, a Dunlin, 6 Redshanks and a nice summer-plumaged Bar-tailed Godwit. Other birds of note were 2 Cuckoos, 5 Little Egrets, 5 Cormorants and a Common Buzzard. 45 Swifts flew S -SW after coming in from the sea.

Saturday 16 June 2012

Very quiet. A Marsh Harrier flew north and 18 Swifts and a House Martin south.

Thursday 14 June 2012

 Best birds seen today were 23 Ringed Plovers, 4 Dunlin, one Sanderling, 92 Oystercatchers, 2 Curlews, Short-eared Owl, 4 Little Egrets, 2 Cuckoos, Corn Bunting, Common Tern, Kittiwake, Fulmar, 21 Gannets and a Pink-footed Goose. The last five species were all heading north.

Tuesday 12 June 2012

A superb Buff-breasted Sandpiper was found today by Geoff Williams feeding on the saltmarsh north of Howden's pullover.

Monday 11 June 2012

Mostly breeding birds this morning. 2-3 Corn Buntings on the wires while their nesting field was being cut for silage. Otherwise, most noteworthy were 3 Kestrels, Marsh Harrier, Turtle Dove, 4 Cormorants and 700 Starlings. Only one Cuckoo today.

Sunday 10 June 2012

Two Short-eared Owls again today at Pye's Hall along with a Barn Owl and two Corn Buntings.

Thursday 7 June 2012

On the high tide this morning were 30 Ringed Plovers and 14 Dunlin. Two Barnacle Geese were out from Stonebridge at first light before eventually flying off SE. Three Sandwich Terns and a Common Tern were offshore. Other sightings included a male Peregrine, two Short-eared Owls and a Marsh Harrier headed NW at about 1600.
     


Wednesday 6 June 2012

Just got news back on the colour-ringed Sanderling observed at Donna Nook on 4/6/.

'Thank you very much for your report of colour-ringed sanderlings that you observed and photographed. I have good news, the bird on the picture can possibly be only one bird, because the other ring on the right tarsus can only be another yellow, because the other combinations have never been used. The ring on the tibia, which you understandably report as white is actually faded blue (!). All those old blue rings have faded into blue and get reported as white or grey.
It means hat this bird has been ringed in Mauritania and is really old for a sanderling! Amazing also that we only observed it in 2006, while we have returned to Mauritania each winter since 2002!
You can find the details of this bird attached. For two reasons I do not think that the bird on 7 May was the same as the photographed bird on 4 June (1) this combination of rings, with yellow over white on the right tarsus, has never been used and (2) these birds that winter in Mauritania usually migrate northwards only after 20 May until 10 June and never stay longer than a few days in one area.
best wishes,
Jeroen

Colourcode: YWYY Name Ringer: Klaus Günther 2nd Ringer: Bernard Spaans
Ringnumber: H286610 Date Catch: 10/12/2002 Catching Place: Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
Sightings of this bird:
Date(d/m/y) Place Observer 2nd Observer 3rd Observer
07/12/2006 Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin Jan van Dijk
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
08/12/2006 Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin Bob Loos
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
09/12/2006 Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin Jeroen Reneerkens Edward Koomson
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
10/12/2006 Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin Jeroen Reneerkens
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
10/12/2006 Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin Bob Loos
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
12/12/2006 Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin Jeroen Reneerkens
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
15/12/2006 Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin Bob Loos
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
20/12/2006 Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin Jan van Dijk
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
21/12/2006 Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin Bob Loos
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
25/12/2006 Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin Jeroen Reneerkens
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
25/12/2006 Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin Jeroen Reneerkens
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
27/12/2006 Iwik village, Banc d' Arguin Jeroen Reneerkens
Mauritania 19.52.40 N 16.18.11 W
04/06/2012 Donna Nook, Lincolnshire James Siddle
United Kingdom 53.28.36 N 00.09.08 E

Tuesday 5 June 2012

5th June
Rather quiet this morning, hence just a Short-eared Owl, 8 Little Egrets, at least 4 Turtle Doves and a party of 21 Canada Geese which flew NW.   An hour's sea watch (0930-1030) produced moving north 22 Gannets, Cormorant and Great Crested Grebe. 2 Sandwich Terns to the south were perhaps those of yesterday. The only birds onshore were a further 16 Cormorants, 5 Oystercatchers, 6 tundrae Ringed Plovers and 3 Dunlin.  

Monday 4 June 2012

4th June
There were a few waders on the high tide - 38 Sanderling, 14 Dunlin and 50 Ringed Plover. Two Sandwich Terns went north. At Quad 3 were 8 Little Egrets, 3 Turtle Doves and a Corn Bunting. 19 Swallows and 13 House Martins passed north.





Sunday 3 June 2012

3rd June
Very quiet in the rain. Four Cuckoos, Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, 6 Little Egrets and a Greenshank between Stonebridge and Pye's Hall. Three Cuckoos east of Stonebridge.

Saturday 2 June 2012

2nd June
The Golden Oriole was still present this morning singing in Elm Farm or its neighbouring property in Donna Nook Road. East of Stonebridge were 2 Turtle Doves, 2 Corn Buntings and 4 Cuckoos.

Friday 1 June 2012

1st June
A quiet morning. Two Corn Buntings and a Turtle Dove were east of Stonebridge and a Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl and Greenshank were at Pye's Hall. A Golden Oriole was along Marsh Lane in the evening eventually ending up in Steve Lorand's garden.