"For now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see" Neutral Milk Hotel.

Saturday 26 March 2016

Swallows, martins, warblers, 134 Tree Sparrows and much else over the cliffs

    Saturday 26 March 2016


Counting period: 05:49 - 08:49
Count type: coastal vismig (landbased birds only)
Weather: wind SW5, cloud-cover 8/8, High cloud but gradually thickening as am went on.
Observers: Andy Brown, Gary Hibberd, Chris Mills and Robert Smith

SNSNSN
Golden Plover  9  -  alba wagtail sp.  87  -  Tree Sparrow  134  -  
Lapwing  4  -  Blackbird  5  -  Chaffinch  38  -  
Curlew  7  -  Fieldfare  257  -  Brambling  2  -  
Lesser Black-backed Gull  6  -  Redwing  75  -  Greenfinch  26  -  
Woodpigeon  36  -  Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler  3  -  Goldfinch  368  -  
Skylark  5  -  Great Tit  7  -  Siskin  346  -  
Sand Martin  16  -  Jackdaw  3  -  Linnet  119  -  
Swallow  3  -  Rook  8  -  redpoll sp.  7  -  
House Martin  1  -  Carrion Crow  1  -  Yellowhammer  1  -  
Meadow Pipit  264  -  Starling  188  -  Reed Bunting  7  -  

Totals: 2033 individuals, 30 species, 3:00 hours

Bold = Remarkable observation (scarce or rare species or large number)
Comments: A really nice morning with good variety and decent nos of some species. The first three common hirundines on the same day is quite likely a first for us. The tree sparrow count was the third biggest, while the goldfinch total was decent for March. The phylloscpus warblers was also very unusual, flying through strongly with no hope of identifying them. 

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