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 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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