16-09-2013

It was clear from the onset that the weather wasn't favourable for standardised ringing with howling south westerlies and drizzle! We decided our time would be best utilised indoors sorting ringing data until the weather abated. With the end of the rain we left to go birding and spent 3.5 hours at the point watching visible migration



Migrating Siskin off the point



Our efforts produced:

South unless stated otherwise

Mute Swan 1
Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1
Eider 66 (+44 On Sea)
Tufted Duck 1
Scaup 2
Teal 1
Mallard 2
Common Scoter 33
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Goosander 1
Pintail 5
Wigeon 18
Little Gull 2
Sandwich Terns 17+
Arctic Skua 2
Honey Buzzard 30
Sparrowhawk 37+
Hobby 2
Merlin 1
Kestrel 22
Black Kite 2
Red Kite 1
Marsh Harrier 1
Rook 2
Snipe 32in
Curlew 1 & 1 north
Calidrid sp 2
House Martins 160
Sand Martin 1
Swallow 114
Swift 1
Alba Wagtail 14
Flava Wagtail 7+
Tree Pipit 1 grounded
Meadow Pipit 3
Tree Sparrow 5
Goldfinch 1
Siskin 641

In the afternoon we worked around the garden and sorted out a new Sparrowhawk net with one or two Honey Buzzards cruising overhead! 



Juvenile Honey Buzzard over Gedser Fuglestation