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Pallas's Gull - Oman 28th Feb 2024

29 September, 2013

Saturday an incomplete tour but the following noted;

Kingfisher 2
Chiffchaffs 10
Blackcap 8
Skylark 6
Peregrine 2
Buzzard 1
Kestrel 1
Song thrush 2
Reed Bunting 4
Yellow Wag 18
Grey Wag 2
Grey Partridge 8
Pied Wag 30
Meadow Pipit 200+
Linnet 150+
Swallow 100s!
House Martin 40+
Carrion Crow 105

Sunday, not much going on on the land so spent 45 mins sea watching, turned out to be rather good with the highlight being;

Great Skua (juv) 1E
Brent Geese 140 E 7 W
SandTtern 1
Gannet 20+ mainly W
Oystercatcher 24
Turnstone 1
Sanderling 1
Common Scoter 3E
Swallows 300+
House martins 50+
Yellow Wags 14 E
Pied Wags 50 E
Skylark 12E
Little Egret 3
Peregrine 1
Buzzard 1
Kestrel 1
Blackcap 5
Chiffchaffs 10
Whitethroat 3

28 September, 2013

Records for Friday 27th  - A quick trip around the patch produced;

Chiffchaff 40
Linnet 200
Meadow Pipit 200
Pied Wag 50
Greenfinch 20
Blackcap 10
Yellow Wag 12
Brent Geese 8
Buzzard 2
Whitethroat 8
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 2

26 September, 2013

Sea-watch from the car park this morning produced 1e Juv Little Gull, 114w 4e Brent Geese, 7e 2w Teal, 9w Wigeon, 3e Sandwich Tern, 9 Med Gull, and 3 Little Egret. Large numbers again of Swallow moving east throughout the morning and lesser numbers of House Martin and Meadow Pipits. Very quiet elsewhere with just 20 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Buzzard, 2 Jay and a Little Owl.

25 September, 2013

Bird of the day was a Turtle Dove, seen at the back of the golf course and then flew west,  also 1 Spot Fly and 1 Whinchat there. Good numbers of Blackcap and Chiffchaff seen in the bushes around the patch, also 4 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser  Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Siskin, 3 Yellow Wagtail 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Stonechat, 2 Peregrine, 2 Sparrowhawk, and c100 Meadow Pipit. Offshore 41w Wigeon, 28w Brent Geese, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit with 15 Grey Plover, 3 Little Egret, 3e Sandwich Tern and 1w Med Gull.

23 September, 2013

A stroll around the  golf course this evening produced 2 Spot Fly, 2 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 1e Yellow Wagtail, 1 Wheatear, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Kingfisher,  and 5 Med Gull.
 
Spotted Flycatcher Golf Course
Good variety in the patch this morning with 4 Whinchat in fields north of the golf course,  along with 2 Redstart, 3 Spot Fly, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Wheatear, 10 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 60 Linnet, c300 Meadow Pipit, nearby.  Also today 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Grey Heron, c500 Swallow through this morning with small numbers of House Martin and 3e Sandwich Tern offshore.

Whinchat


Redstart

22 September, 2013

Late visit to the patch produced 3 Avocet east at 10:42 and 2e 2w Sandwich Tern. Large numbers of Swallow moving east late morning, at least a couple of thousand . The Little Owl Showed well at Bailiffscourt, also 1 Spot Fly and 1 Willow Warbler in the area, 1 Reed Warbler, 17 Blackcap, 7 Whitethroat, 10 Chiifchaff and a single Buzzrad was the best of the rest.

19 September, 2013

Records for Yesterday 18/09/2013 - include 35 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 25 Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 8 Wheatear, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Skylark, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, c80 Meadow Pipit, 20 Swallow, 50 House Martin, 2 Song Thrush 8 Sandwich Tern and a single Common Scoter offshore.

17 September, 2013

Variety in the patch today in the form of 2 Spot Fly, 30 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 1 Grey Wagtail,  8 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat,  9 Wheatear, 20 Meadow Pipit, 100 Linnet, 1 Jay, 4 Green Woodpecker,  singles of  Kingfisher,  Kestrel,  Sparrowhawk, Peregrine,  Buzzard, Little Egret,  9e Sandwich Tern, 1e Common Tern, 42 Cormorant on the river entrance, small numbers of Swallow and smaller numbers of House Martin and Sand Martin.

Yesterday singles of  Little Owl, Spot Fly Bailiffscourt, and Reed Warbler. Still good numbers of Chiffchaff in the patch 7 Blackcap and 5 Wheatear.

16 September, 2013

Not a lot going on at Climping this morning 1 Spot Fly, 1 Little Owl Bailiffscourt, 5 Little Egret roosting at Atherington Pools, 4 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat  1 Reed Warbler, 25 Chiffchaff and 30 House Martin.

Sunday 15th Sept - Busy period offshore for an hour or so when the wind picked up produced 7w Black Tern  2w 11:55 3w 12:00 and 2w 12:05 1w Avocet 11:45 1w Auk sp, 2w Sandwich Tern, 13e 2w Med Gull, 3w 1e Gannet, 3w Curlew, 7w Sanderling, and 5e Dunlin. Around the bushes 3 Spot Fly, 2 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 30 Chiffchaff, 3 Wheatear, 7 Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler, 9 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail and several Meadow Pipits on the move.

10 September, 2013

Still good numbers of common migrants this morning with 26 Willow Warbler, 16 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 7 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler and several of both Linnet and Meadow Pipit in the vegetated shingle at West Beach. A flock of 30 Sand Martin flew high east at Atherington and later a mixed flock of mainly House Martin flew west
hawking over the sand dunes.

Bailiffscourt  produced singles of Redstart, Spot Fly, Little Owl and Buzzard, also 2 Jay there. The best of the rest being 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Reed Bunting, 1 Sparrowhawk, 9 Grey Partridge, 8 Med Gull, 2 Little Egret and 5e Sandwich Tern.

Willow Warbler

Whinchat West Beach

Wheatear West Beach

Spotted Flycatcher Bailiffscourt

Blue Hawker




Records for Sun 8th Sept
Peregrine 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 1
Grey Heron 2
Green Woodpecker 3
Chiffchaff 6
Willow Warbler 7
Whitethroat 28
Blackcaps 20
Reed Warbler 10
Sedge Warbler 2
Lesser Whitethroat. 1
Garden Warbler 1
Spotted Flycatcher 2
Reed Buntings 8
Little Owl 1
Sand Martins 30
Swallow 20
Wheatear 2
Redstart 2
Shelduck 3W
Oystercatchers 45W
Med gull 10

07 September, 2013

Very quiet in the blustery conditions at Climping this morning. 2 Spotted Fly at the Mill, 1 Common Sandpiper on the river, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Willow Warbler, 9 Grey Partridge, 13 Med Gull and small numbers of Whitethroat. Offshore 9w 4e Gannet.

06 September, 2013

Records for the Thurs 5th Sept - 5 Whinchat, 2 Redstart, 2 Wheatear, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Blackcap, 3 chiffchaff 1 Sparrowhawk and still good numbers of Common Whitethroat in the patch.

02 September, 2013

Very quiet in the patch today, with no sign of yesterdays Wood Warbler, combined numbers for a well worked patch this morning are 1 Hobby, 2 Redstart, 1 Little Owl, 22 Willow Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 13 Yellow Wagtail, 9 Whitethroat, 2 Sparrowhawk and c30 Med Gull.
Sunday 1st Sept - A Wood Warbler in an elderberry bush at the entrance to Bailiffscourt at 0915, but not since, also 2 Spotted Fly and a Garden Warbler there.

Other birds of note were;
Reed warbler 3
Willow warbler 8
Whitethroat 14
Reed buntings 9
Wheatear 8
Blackcap 3
Redstart 3
Whinchat 4
Spotted fly 3
Yellow wagtail 4
Garden warbler 1
Little owl 1
Sparrow hawk 2
Buzzard 1
Swallow 20
Great spotted woodpecker 1
Green woodpecker 1