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A sunshiney day with a very good northerly piece of cake produced an excellent autumn of migrants from the area these days, enjoyed by all birders and friends. These days’s totals tend to be below: 7 person Mallard however caring for 4 younger (this quantity gets smaller each day!), 18 Swift, a single rushing Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 10 Woodpigeon, 18 Oystercatcher, another fly-over Ringed Plover (most likely the identical to yesterday), 56 Kittiwake, 22 Great Black-backed Gull, 298 Herring Gull (with a little bit of a marked activity within the eastern part) and 83 Lesser Black-backed Gull (no matters of auks about this windy time). There have been 4 Storm Petrels heard within power yesterday. The male Kestrel ended up being extremely energetic these days – however the feminine, which ideally suggests this woman is sat from the nest – and 4 Peregrine had been mentioned. The Hooded Crow ended up being however within Tillage Field. Two belated Sand Martin had been seen in early stages, and 142 Swallow and 351 House Martin had been logged each day, since had been 5 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, a singing Lesser Whitethroat and 12 Common Whitethroat. But undoubtedly the emphasize for many islanders ended up being the noticeable rise in Spotted Flycatchers; though nearly Portland figures (200+) by Lundy criteria a count of 42 ended up being extremely welcome, 9 which had been feeding collectively from the Barton Field fence. But rarity wise the wild birds for the time go directly to the Tims once they had two male Crossbill in Millcombe in early stages feeding in pines before going down north. No indication of the Purple Heron these days!
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| Pair of Crossbill © Tim Jones |
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| Peregrine and reduced Black-backed Gull © Richard Campey |
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| Spotted Flycatcher © Richard Campey |
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