October 2021 – Sightings

October 2021 – Sightings

30/10/2021

  • Ringed Plover (x17)
  • Turnstone (x8)
  • Sanderling (x1)
  • Tufted Duck (a pair)

29/10/2021

  • White-tailed Eagle
  • Hen Harrier (male)
  • Great Northern Diver (x10)
  • Curlew (x4)
  • Turnstone (x25)
  • Red-breasted Merganser (x6)
  • Peregrine (male)
  • Redwing (x30)
  • White-fronted Goose (x26)
  • Tufted Duck (a pair)
  • Teal

27/10/2021

  • Hen Harrier (ring-tail)

25/10/2021

  • Rock Pipit (x4)
  • Ring Ouzel (second of the autumn)
  • Redwings (x10)
  • Kittiwake (x12)
  • Common Guillemot (x2 south)

24/10/2021

  • Dunnock (x2)
  • Redwing (x50)
  • Kestrel
  • Gannet (x4)

23/10/2021

  • Hen Harrier (ring-tail)

22/10/2021

  • Redwings (everywhere!)
  • Lesser Whitethroat (Eastern race – blythi?)
  • Lesser Redpoll (x12)
  • Teal
  • Red Admiral

20/10/2021

  • Barnacle Goose (x300)
  • Snow Goose (x6)
  • Ring Ouzel
  • Great Skua (dead)
  • Chaffinch (x8)
  • Goldcrest (x4)
  • Redwing
  • Lesser Redpoll

16/10/2021

  • Moth Trap: Rusty Dot Pearl (x8), Brick, Brindled Ochre, Small Wainscot (x2), Autumn Green Carpet
  • Whooper Swan (x4)
  • Pied Flycatcher (female/juv)
  • Goldcrest (x2)
  • Redwing (x2 first of the autumn)
  • Lesser Redpoll

15/10/2021

  • Barnacle Goose (steady movement of small parties south)
  • White-tailed Eagle
  • Ringed Plover (x21)
  • Kestrel

14/10/2021

  • Turnstone (x9)
  • Kittiwake (x10)
  • Teal (x2)
  • Long-finned Pilot Whale (dead on beach)
  • Pufflings (x2 dead on beach)
  • Grey Seal (pup dead on beach)
  • By-the-Wind Sailor (numerous along strandline)
  • Goose Barnacle (abundant on every piece of flotsam)

12/10/2021

  • Barnacle Goose (several small parties heading south)
  • Woodpigeon (x5)
  • Sparrowhawk (juv male)

11/10/2021

  • Pink-footed Goose (x55 south)
  • Whooper Swan (x13 in off the sea from NW)
  • White-tailed Eagle

10/10/2021

  • Moth Trap: Small Wainscot (x8)

9/10/2021

  • Dunlin (x1)
  • Sanderling (x3)
  • Ringed Plover (x12)
  • Oystercatcher (x5)
  • Curlew (x1)
  • Merlin

6/10/2021

  • Peregrine

5/10/2021

  • Black-tailed Godwit (x60)

3/10/2021

  • Barnacle Goose (x3)

1/10/2021

  • Goosander (x2)
  • Barnacle Goose (x3)
  • Otters (x2)