Birding highlights at Spurn - November 2001
Main movements, falls and irruptions etc. (with rare & unusual species in bold).
1st: Whooper Swan 2à , Pink-footed Goose 417â , Sparrowhawk 6, Kestrel 12, Merlin 2, Woodcock 12, Short-eared Owl 1, Woodpigeon 160â , Skylark 56, Blackbird 300, Fieldfare 248, Redwing 155, Goldfinch 125â .
2nd: Pink-footed Goose 31â , Merlin 3, Jack Snipe 6ß , Woodcock 7.
3rd: Bewick’s Swan 1â , Whooper Swan 1, Pink-footed Goose 335â , Sparrowhawk 5, Woodcock 2, Spotted Redshank 1, Short-eared Owl 1, Woodpigeon 117â , Skylark 55â , Sand Martin 1, Jay 1, Twite 1á .
4th: Scaup 1, Peregrine 1, Water Rail 1, Jack Snipe 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Snow Bunting 1.
5th: Whooper Swan 10â , Jack Snipe 1, Woodcock 9, Blackbird 315, Fieldfare 112, Redwing 58, Barred Warbler 1 (since 21 Oct), Lapland Bunting 1, Snow Bunting 4.
6th: Woodcock 5, Snow Bunting 5.
7th: Pink-footed Goose 352â , White-fronted Goose 6á , Woodcock 30, Short-eared Owl 1, Waxwing 1, Blackbird 1350, Fieldfare 72, Snow Bunting 8.
9th: Glaucous Gull 1st-wt, Jack Snipe 1, Woodcock 2, Snow Bunting 6.
10th: Whooper Swan 1å , Jack Snipe 1, Woodcock 5, Glaucous Gull 1st-wt, Ring Ouzel 2, Barred Warbler 1, Snow Bunting 9.
11th: Pink-footed Goose 143, Spotted Redshank 2, Purple Sandpiper 1, Short-eared Owl 1, Ring Ouzel 1, Blackbird 205, Barred Warbler 1, Snow Bunting 12.
12th: Whooper Swan 10á , Pink-footed Goose 400ß , Woodcock 1, Short-eared Owl 1, Kingfisher 1, Blackbird 240, Barred Warbler 1, Snow Bunting 9.
14th: Short-eared Owl 1, Woodcock 3, Barred Warbler 1, Firecrest 1, Northern Bullfinch 1.
15th: Pink-footed Goose 27â , Water Rail 1, Woodcock 1, Shorelark 1â , Barred Warbler 1.
16th: Shorelark 1á , Snow Bunting 23.
17th: Woodcock 2, Snipe 12, Waxwing 2, Snow Bunting 7.
18th: Whooper Swan 10â , Woodcock 1, Black-tailed Godwit 178, Spotted Redshank 2, Peregrine 1, Swallow 1, Blackcap 2, Chiffchaff 2, Snow Bunting 1.
19th: Marsh Harrier 1, Barred Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 1, Snow Bunting 1.
20th: Peregine 1, Woodcock 3, Mealy Redpoll 1, Snow Bunting 75.
23rd: Hen Harrier 1, Jack Snipe 1, Barred Warbler 1, Snow Bunting 1.
24th: Peregrine 1, Woodcock 3, Spotted Redshank 1.
28th: Snow Bunting 30.
29th: Water Rail 1, Spotted Redshank 2.
Sea Passage
1st:
Red-throated Diver 45, Long-tailed Duck 2â , Common Scoter 704, Velvet Scoter 1â , Great Skua 15.2nd: Red-throated Diver 69, Black-throated Diver 2â , Great Northern Diver 1â , Shag 3â , Common Scoter 139, Velvet Scoter 2á , Little Auk 29.
3rd: Shag 1â , Velvet Scoter 2á , Little Gull 8á , Little Auk 4.
4th: Black-throated Diver 1â , Great Norther Diver 1, Great Crested Grebe 3, Little Auk 6.
5th: Long-tailed Duck 1â , Great Skua 5, Pomarine Skua 1â , Kittiwake 850á , Little Auk 6.
6th: Great Skua 2â , Little Gull 56á , Kittiwake 173, Auk sp. 391, Little Auk 6.
8th: Sooty Shearwater 4á , Manx Shearwater 1á , Gannet 220, Long-tailed Duck 1â , Common Scoter 169, Velvet Scoter 3, Pomarine Skua 23, Great Skua 69, Kittiwake 14,000â , Little Auk 34.
9th: Red-necked Grebe 1á , Sooty Shearwater 7á , Storm Petrel 1á , Scaup 2á , Eider 61á , Long-tailed Duck 2á , Common Scoter 1003, Velvet Scoter 4á , Grey Phalarope 1á , Pomarine Skua 2á , Kittiwake 1429, Little Auk 340.
13th: Great Northern Diver 1á , Black-throated Diver 1á , Pomarine Skua 1â , Little Auk 391.
23rd: Sooty Shearwater 1á .
25th: Great Northern Diver 1, Shag 17â .
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