Birding highlights at Spurn - January 2002
Main movements, falls and irruptions etc. (with rare & unusual species in bold).
1st: Pale-bellied Brent Goose 1, Water Rail 3, Snipe 72, Woodcock 1, Yellow-legged Gull 1, Barn Owl 1, Skylark 31â, Fieldfare 51, Song Thrush 18, Mistle Thrush 1, Redwing 33, Blackcap 2.
2nd: Pale-bellied Brent Geese 5, Scaup 14ß,.Peregrine 1, Hen Harrier 2nd-wt male, Water Rail 5, Snipe 93, Blackcap 2.
3rd: Merlin 1, Water Rail 3, Jack Snipe 1.
4th: Water Rail 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1.
5th: Hen Harrier 2nd-wt male, Peregrine 1, Long-eared Owl 1, Short-eared Owl 1, Water Rail 2, Stonechat 3, Siskin 4.
7th: Pale-bellied Brent Goose 1, Hen Harrier 2nd-wt male, Peregrine 1, Jack Snipe 1, Snipe 221.
8th: Merlin 1, Barn Owl 1, Water Rail 2, Blackbird 33, Fieldfare 36, Song Thrush 16, Redwing 20, Snow Bunting 16.
9th: Merlin 1, Woodcock 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Mistle Thrush 1â.
10th: Woodcock 1.
11th: Merlin 1, Barn Owl 1, Water Rail 1, Mistle Thrush 1.
12th: Bittern 1, Hen Harrier 2nd-wt male, Merlin 1, Barn Owl 1, Woodcock 2, Stock Dove 6á, Woodpigeon 26, Mistle Thrush 1, Blackcap 2, Yellowhammer 1, Snow Bunting 2, Lapland Bunting 1.
13th: Bittern 1, Peregrine 1, Barn Owl 1, Snow Bunting 1, Yellowhammer 2.
14th: Lapwing 820â, Peregrine 1, Snow Bunting 1.
15th: Pink-footed Geese 40â, Water Rail 1, Lapwing 130â, Skylark 5â, Meadow Pipit 4â, Rook 1â, Woodcock 2, Black-tailed Godwit 3, Snow Bunting 1.
19th: Merlin 1, Snow Bunting 18.
20th: Black-tailed Godwit 1, Goldcrest 1, Snow Bunting 2.
21st: Merlin 1, Woodcock 1, Snow Bunting 16.
23rd: Woodcock 1, Twite 1.
24th: Yellow-legged Gull 1, Short-eared Owl 1, Barn Owl 1, Snow Bunting 7.
26th: Merlin 1, Woodcock 4, Siskin 2, Snow Bunting 19.
27th: Barn Owl 1, Jack Snipe 2, Woodcock 1, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Snow Bunting 18.
28th: Iceland Gull adult, Glaucous Gull 4th-wt, Water Rail 1, Lapwing 303 (282â, 21ß).
29th: Red-breasted Merganser RH, Lapland Bunting 1, Snow Bunting 2, Mistle Thrush 2, Siskin 1.
31st:. Pink-footed Geese 230à, Lapwing 150å & 28â.
Sea Passage
1st: Shag 1â.
3rd: Slavonian Grebe 1â, Pochard 8â, Tufted Duck 7â.
4th: Great Northern Diver 2á, Shag 1, Little Gull 3.
19th: Red-throated Diver 25, Eider 2â.
20th: Glaucous Gull 4th-yearâ, Lesser Black-backed Gull 3â, Herring Gull 420â, Great Black-backed Gull 75â.
21st: Red-throated Diver 25, Great Crested Grebe 1á.
24th: Red-throated Diver 40, Fulmar 6â, Gannet 34â, Guillemot 37, Razorbill 3.
27th: Wigeon 65â, Eider 2â.
28th: Pomarine Skua 1â, Black-headed Gull 60â, Lesser Black-backed Gull 1â, Herring Gull 300â, Great Black-backed Gull 56â.
31st: Great Northern Diver 1á.
Paul R. Massey
Spurn Bird Observatory Trust Registered Charity 1084312
Spurn Bird Observatory, Kilnsea, via Patrington, Hull, East Yorkshire HU12 0UG