BIRD SIGHTINGS AT SPURN BIRD OSBERVATORY
JANUARY 2005
Main movements and falls etc. with unusual species in bold.
Visible migration is usually of birds moving south unless otherwise stated.
1st
Visible migration ; Teal 2, Common Scoter 2.
Grounded migrants ; Stonechat 2, Fieldfare 1, Song Thrush 2, Snow Bunting 1.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 4, Gannet 1, Cormorant 1, Lesser.B.B.Gull 1, Kittiwake 1, Auk sp. 4, Guillemot 5, Razorbill 1.
General ; Brent Goose 209, Mallard 63, Sparrowhawk 2, Merlin 1.
2nd
Grounded migrants ; Song Thrush 2, Redwing 1, Chaffinch 1, Snow Bunting 1.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 46, Gannet 1, Kittiwake 7, Auk sp. 65, Guillemot 11, Razorbill 6.
3rd
Visible migration ; Linnet 1.
Grounded migrants ; Rock Pipit 1, Stonechat 2, Blackbird 29, Song Thrush 2, Redwing 2, Blackcap 1, Goldcrest 1, Starling 5, Chaffinch 3.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 3, Cormorant 1.
General ; Brent Goose 76, Tree Sparrow 15.
4th
Visible migration ; Shelduck 2.
Grounded migrants ; Stonechat 2, Song Thrush 2, Goldcrest 1.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 10, Auk sp. 1, Guillemot 3.
General ; Brent Goose 90, Merlin 1.
5th
Grounded migrants ; Pied Wagtail 1, Stonechat 2, Blackbird 23, Song Thrush 6, Redwing 3, Goldcrest 2, Chaffinch 1.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 6, Cormorant 1, Kittiwake 1, Auk sp.1, Guillemot 2.
General ; Brent Goose 153, Eider 1, Water Rail 1, Golden Plover c.6,000.
6th
Visible migration ; Wigeon 11.
Grounded migrants ; Pied Wagtail 2, Stonechat 1, Blackbird 25, Song Thrush 2, Goldcrest 1, Chaffinch 2, Reed Bunting 4.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 8, Cormorant 1, Auk sp. 4, Guillemot 4.
General ; Sparrowhawk 1, Water Rail 1.
7th
Grounded migrants ; Stonechat 2, Blackbird 24, Song Thrush 1, Chaffinch 3.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 31, Little Gull 2, Kittiwake 3, Auk sp. 3, Guillemot 6, Razorbill 1, Puffin 1.
General ; Common Scoter 2, Sparrowhawk 1.
8th
Visible migration ; Shelduck 13, Wigeon 25, Teal 8, Mallard 10, Pintail 23, Oystercatcher 3, Turnstone 2, Linnet 1.
Grounded migrants ; Rock Pipit 1, Stonechat 1, Song Thrush 1, Starling 3, Chaffinch 4, Greenfinch 23.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 18, Cormorant 1, Little Gull 6, Herring Gull c.500, Kittiwake 8, Auk sp.54, Guillemot 14, Razorbill 8.
General ; Eider 1, Water Rail 1, Merlin, Peregrine.
9th
Visible migration ; Shelduck 1, Teal 5, Scaup 1 in, Common Scoter 1, Fieldfare 150 U-turned.
Grounded migrants ; Stonechat 4, Song Thrush 1, Goldcrest 1, Chaffinch 5, Greenfinch 29, Goldfinch 3, Linnet 2, Snow Bunting 2, Reed Bunting 12.
General ; Eider 1, Common Scoter 10, Sparrowhawk 2, Merlin 1.
10th
Visible migration ; Lapwing 12, Alba Wagtail 1.
Grounded migrants ; Pied Wagtail 1, Stonechat 2, Blackbird 25, Song Thrush 1, Goldcrest 1, Starling 5, Chaffinch 3.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 1.
General ; Eider 1, Sparrowhawk 2, Barn Owl 2.
11th
Visible migration ; Lapwing 1.
Grounded migrants ; Stonechat 2, Song Thrush 1, Goldcrest 2, Chaffinch 3, Goldfinch 4.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 5.
General ; Brent Goose 3, Eider 1, Pheasant 11.
12th
Visible migration ; Red-breasted Merganser 1.
Grounded migrants ; Stonechat 1, Goldcrest 2, Chaffinch 3, Goldfinch 3.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 14, Cormorant 1, Kittiwake 3, Auk sp. 23, Guillemot 1, Razorbill 11.
General ; Shelduck 12, Eider 1, Peregrine 1.
13th
Visible migration ; Wigeon 2, Common Scoter 1.
Grounded migrants ; Goldcrest 1, Chaffinch 2, Greenfinch 21.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 20, Kittiwake 4, Guillemot 1.
General ; Teal 2, Mallard 2, Peregrine 1.
14th
Visible migration ; Wigeon 2.
Grounded migrants ; Rock Pipit 1, Stonechat 2, Blackbird 30, Fieldfare 143, Song Thrush 4, Mistle Thrush 1, Goldcrest 2, Chaffinch 3, Reed Bunting 12.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 21, Cormorant 1, Auk sp. 5, Guillemot 4.
General ; Brent Goose 48, Shelduck 14, Sparrowhawk 1, Jack Snipe 1.
15th
Visible migration ; Shelduck 1, Wigeon 4, Goldeneye 15.
Grounded migrants ; Song Thrush 2, Chaffinch 2.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 17, Lesser Black-backed Gull 1, Kittiwake 8, Auk sp. 14, Guillemot 33.
General ; Brent Goose 88, Shelduck 17, Mallard 8, Jack Snipe 1, Grey Heron 1.
16th
Visible migration ; Shelduck 9, Wigeon 6, Eider 10, Red-breasted Merganser 1, Goosander 1.
Grounded migrants ; Pied Wagtail 1, Stonechat 1, Fieldfare 31, Song Thrush 2, Goldcrest 1, Chaffinch 2, Linnet 2.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 30, Cormorant 2, Shag 1, Kittiwake 1, Guillemot 8.
General ; Pink-footed Goose 2, Brent Goose 207, Shelduck 26, Mallard 6, Pintail 1, Eider 1.
17th
Visible migration ; Shelduck 1, Wigeon 3, Teal 11, Redshshank 3.
Grounded migrants ; Pied Wagtail 1, Song Thrush 2, Goldcrest 3, Greenfinch 22, Reed Bunting 2.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 13, Lesser Black-backed Gull 2, Kittiwake 4, Auk sp. 16, Guillemot 6, Razorbill 1.
General ; Pink-footed Goose 2, Brent Goose 16, Shelduck 20, Eider 1, Sparrowhawk 1.
18th
Grounded migrants ; Stonechat 1, Chaffinch 1.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 18, Cormorant 3, Kittiwake 2, Auk sp. 3.
General ; Mallard 24, Eider 1.
19th
Visible migration ; Eider 3, Purple Sandpiper 1 north.
Grounded migrants ; Skylark 1, Pied Wagtail 1, Stonechat 1, Goldcrest 3, Chaffinch 3, Reed Bunting 9.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 49, Gannet 1, Cormorant 1, Bonxie 1 south, Little Gull 10, Kittiwake 6, Guillemot 39, Razorbill 1.
General ; Pink-footed Goose 2, Brent Goose 200, Teal 1, Mallard 50, Water Rail 2, Barn Owl 1.
20th
Visible migration ; Pink-footed Goose 3, Teal 11, Pintail 1 in, Common Scoter 10.
Grounded migrants ; Skylark 1, Pied Wagtail 1, Stonechat 2, Blackbird 33, Goldcrest 2, Chaffinch 3, Reed Bunting 12.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 31, Little Gull 2, Kittiwake 7, Auk sp. 47, Guillemot 17, Razorbill 7.
General ; Shelduck 67, Mallard 52, Pintail 1, Shoveler 1, Barn Owl.
21st
Visible migration ; Eider 5.
Grounded migrants ; Water Rail 1 eating buckthorn berries in the sheep field, Stonechat 2, Song Thrush 2, Goldcrest 1, Chaffinch 3.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 6, Gannet 1, Kittiwake 2, Auk sp. 4, Guillemot 1, Razorbill 1.
General ; Brent Goose 41, Shelduck 91, Mallard 71, Barn Owl 1.
22nd
Visible migration ; Eider 1, Goldeneye 1.
Grounded migrants ; Meadow Pipit 1, Pied Wagtail 1, Stonechat 1, Fieldfare 3, Song Thrush 3, Chaffinch 3, Goldfinch 5.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 18, Great Northern Diver 1 north, Cormorant 3, Shag 1, Kittiwake 2, Guillemot 3.
General ; Brent Goose 277, Shelduck 332, Wigeon 74, Gadwall 1, Mallard 164, Pintail 104, Scaup 1, Common Scoter 80, Teal 20, Eider 3, Peregrine 1, Water Rail 2, Little Owl 1, Barn Owl 1.
23rd
Visible migration ; Grey Goose sp. 3, Barnacle Goose 4 U-turned back north, Wigeon 9, Teal 1 , Pintail 3, Eider 1, Common Scoter 9, Velvet Scoter 1, Goldeneye 1 in.
Grounded migrants ; Song Thrush 2, Chaffinch 2.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 39, Fulmar 5, Gannet 1, Shag 2, Little Gull 10, Glaucous Gull 1 1st winter, Kittiwake 14, Auk sp. 113, Guillemot 14.
General ; Brent Goose 337 + 1 pale-bellied, Wigeon 10, Gadwall 1, Eider 1, Water Rail 1.
24th
Visible migration ; Eider 2 north, Long-tailed Duck 1, Common Scoter 6.
Grounded migrants ; Pied Wagtail 1, Stonechat 1, Fieldfare 2, Song Thrush 1, Chaffinch 2, Reed Bunting 11.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 20, Fulmar 1, Gannet 9, Cormorant 9, Shag 3, Little Gull 3, Kittiwake 94, Auk sp. 79, Guillemot 18, Razorbill 3.
General ; Greylag Goose 1, Wigeon 8, Teal 2, Mallard 56, Scaup 1, Common Scoter 6, Water Rail 1.
25th
Visible migration ; Eider 10, Long-tailed Duck 1 north 2 south, Common Scoter 53.
Grounded migrants ; Fieldfare 2, Song Thrush 1, Redwing 1, Goldcrest 1, Chaffinch 2.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 4, Fulmar 6, Cormorant 1, Shag 16, Kittiwake 13, Auk sp. 9, Guillemot 25, Razorbill 1.
General ; Mallard 66, Eider 6, Common Scoter 12, Water Rail 1, Golden Plover 2000.
26th
Visible migration ; Eider 8 north.
Grounded migrants ; Pied Wagtail 1, Stonechat 3, Fieldfare 3, Song Thrush 1, Goldcrest 4, Chaffinch 2, Reed Bunting 2.
Seabirds ; Cormorant 4, Shag 1, Guillemot 1.
General ; Pink-footed Goose 5, Barnacle Goose 4, Brent Goose 128, Wigeon 50, Merlin 1.
27th
Grounded migrants ; Stonechat 1, Fieldfare 2, Chaffinch 1.
Seabirds ; Cormorant 5, Guillemot 4, Razorbill 1.
General ; Brent Goose 17, Sparrowhawk 2, Peregrine 1.
28th
Grounded migrants ; Pied Wagtail 1, Chaffinch 2.
Seabirds ; Fulmar 1, Shag 2, Guillemot 1.
General ; Mallard 4.
29th
Visible migration ; Eider 6, Common Scoter 5.
Grounded migrants ; Song Thrush 2, Chaffinch 4, Reed Bunting 8.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 14, Great Northern Diver 1, Fulmar 2, Cormorant 1, Shag 7, Kittiwake 1, Auk sp. 18, Guillemot 3.
General ; Brent Goose 343, Wigeon 54, Teal 4, Eider 1, Merlin 1, Water Rail 1.
30th
Visible migration ; Grey Heron 1, Pink-footed Goose 310 north west, Barnacle Goose 1, Wigeon 40, Eider 1, Common Scoter 148 north, 8 south, Skylark c.30, Meadow Pipit 1 north.
Grounded migrants ; Pied Wagtail 1, Waxwing 1,Stonechat 2, Fieldfare 2, Song Thrush 2, Goldcrest 1, Chaffinch 3, Greenfinch 15.
Seabirds ; Red-throated Diver 48, Cormorant 1, Kittiwake 2, Guillemot 1.
General ; Brent Goose 140, Teal 1, Merlin 1, Barn Owl 1.
31st
Visible migration ; Mallard 3, Eider 1, Common Scoter 9.
Grounded migrants ; Pied Wagtail 1, Song Thrush 3, Goldcrest 1, Chaffinch 3, Goldfinch 1.
Seabirds ; Diver sp. 2, Red-throated Diver 11, Cormorant 1, Shag 1, Kittiwake 2, Auk sp. 1, Guillemot 1.
General ; Mallard 21, Eider 1, Merlin 1.
ANDY ROADHOUSE
SPURN BIRD OBSERVATORY TRUST Registered charity 1084312
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