Birding highlights at Spurn - February 2002
Main movements, falls and irruptions etc. (with rare & unusual species in bold).
1st: Stonechat 1, Blackbird 16, Snow Bunting 17, Yellowhammer 1â .
2nd: Mediterranean Gull adult, Woodcock 1, Snow Bunting 17.
3rd: Pale-bellied Brent Goose 3, Pintail 74, Merlin 1, Snow Bunting 19.
4th: Scaup 1, Lapwing 45â , Spotted Redshank 1, Starling 90â .
8th: Starling 800.
9th: Lapwing 49â , Water Rail 1, Snow Bunting 13.
10th: Merlin 1, Spotted Redshank 1, Skylark 2â , Mistle Thrush 3, Lapland Bunting 1, Snow Bunting 2.
11th: Wigeon 45, Smew 1 ‘red-head’, Skylark 1â , Starling 51â .
12th: Lapwing 41â , Woodpigeon 3â .
14th: Stock Dove 1, Skylark 5â , Stonechat 2, Fieldfare 3, Snow Bunting 2.
15th: Greylag Goose 2â , Woodcock 1, Stonechat 2, Fieldfare 2, Redwing 1, Goldcrest 1, Starling 1000, Corn Bunting 1á .
16th: Grey Heron 1â , Pink-footed Goose 4, Teal 42, Peregrine 1, Merlin 1, Water Rail 2, Blackbird 23, Redwing 2, Song Thrush 5, Mistle Thrush 1.
17th: Peregrine 1, Water Rail 1, Lapwing 5â , Bar-tailed Godwit 900, Stock Dove 2, Skylark 7â , ‘alba’ wagtail 5â , Redwing 2, Mistle Thrush 1, Jackdaw 1â , Rook 1 U-turn, Redpoll sp. 3â , Goldfinch 24.
18th: Iceland Gull 1 adult, Woodpigeon 1â , Skylark 2â , Goldcrest 1, Starling 2â
21st: Pale-bellied Brent Goose 6, Chaffinch 9.
22nd: Scaup 4, Lapwing 15â .
23rd: Blackbird 19, Song Thrush 4, Fieldfare 1, Snow Bunting 2.
24th: Merlin 1, Water Rail 1, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Stonechat 4, Blackbird 20, Redwing 5, Mistle Thrush 1.
26th: Merlin 1, Lapwing 26â , Jackdaw 1 U-turn, Stonechat 2, Mistle Thrush 1.
27th: Water Rail 1, Redwing 1, Mistle Thrush 2, Jackdaw 3, Chaffinch 1, Snow Bunting 3â .
28th: Skylark 6â , Stonechat 2, Mistle Thrush 1.
Sea Passage
3rd:
Black-throated Diver 1.8th: Red-throated Diver 16, Black-throated Diver 1, Great Crested Grebe 1.
9th: Great Crested Grebe 2, Fulmar 7á , Kittiwake 13á , Black-headed Gull 48â , Common Gull 44â , Lesser Black-backed Gull 3â , Herring Gull 400â , Great Black-backed Gull 53â .
10th: Black-headed Gull 151â , Common Gull 53â , Lesser Black-backed Gull 3â , Herring Gull 1024â , Great Black-backed Gull 65â .
15th: Red-throated Diver 116, Great Crested Grebe 1á .
18th: Red-throated Diver 20, Great Northern Diver 1â , Great Crested Grebe 1, Fulmar 1â , Common Scoter 19, Kittiwake 40á , Guillemot 500, Puffin 1â .
19th: Red-throated Diver 110, Guillemot 179.
22nd: Red-throated Diver 98, Great Northern Diver 1á , Fulmar 20, Herring Gull 468â , Puffin 3á .
23rd: Red-throated Diver 105, Fulmar 6â , Herring Gull 550â , Guillemot 123, Puffin 7á .
26th: Red-throated Diver 54, Fulmar 48, Sooty Shearwater 1â , Gannet 9â , Kittiwake 124, Auk sp. 169á .
Paul R. Massey
Spurn Bird Observatory Trust
Registered Charity 1084312Spurn Bird Observatory, Kilnsea, via Patrington, Hull, East Yorkshire HU12 0UG