Thrushes at last & a few others arrive

A great day of visible migration, with 80,000+ Starling and good numbers of thrushes noted from Hunstanton cliffs during the first 2hrs in the morning. 

Myself & Robin Jolliffe then enjoyed the continuing spectacle from Gore Point. The following counts are of birds passing overhead here or dropping into the bushes in off the sea. For thrushes this represents only a small percentage of birds dropping into the area. Some birds were high and we clearly missed some of the higher birds.

From 9.30-1600 

Brent Goose 284w

Pink-footed Goose 9 in off

Fulmar 1w

Gannet 50w

Guillemot 3

Red-throated Diver 8 on sea

Great Crested Grebe 12 on sea

Red breastedMerganser 13w

Eider 3w & 1e

Velvet Scoter 6w

Pintail 1 in off

Wigeon 622w

Teal 9w

Goldeneye 12w

Shelduck 58w

Grey Heron 4w

Great Skua 3w

Sandwich tern 1

Black-headed Gull 2307w

Lapwing 418w

Snipe 2

Great Sp. W'pecker 1w & high

Skylark 99w

Meadow Pipit light passage 100 west

Rock Pipit 14w

Grey Wagtail 1w

Blackbird 196 in off

Fieldfare 540 in off

Mistle Thrush 2 in off

Song Thrush 23 in off

Redwing 1133 in off

Starling 6830w under estimate, as birds moving along Ringstead ridge missed

Brambling 23w/in off

Siskin 2w

Linnet 10w

Twite 3w

Redpoll 1w

Lapland Bunting 1w

Yellowhammer 1w

Reed Bunting 4w