Main movements, falls etc. (with rare & unusual species in bold).

1st: Ruddy Shelduck 3â , Sparrowhawk 3â , Kestrel 3â , Curlew Sandpiper 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Swallow 400â , House Martin 60â , Meadow Pipit 350â , Robin 50, Song Thrush 40, Siskin 21â , Linnet 171â .

2nd: Hen Harrier RTâ , Sparrowhawk 3â , Kestrel 3â , Merlin 1, Snipe 6â , Skylark 41â , Swallow 255â , House Martin 56â , Tree Pipit 3â , Meadow Pipit 800â , Goldfinch 203â , Siskin 33â , Linnet 1100â , Redpoll sp. 16â , Corn Bunting 2â .

3rd: Pink-footed Goose 37â , Barnacle Goose 2â Hen Harrier RTâ , Montagu’s Harrier RTâ , Kestrel 14â , Merlin 2â , Skylark 44â , Sand Martin 4â , Swallow 450â , House Martin 221â , Meadow Pipit 2400â , alba Wagtail 15â , Starling 204â , Tree Sparrow 20â , Greenfinch 119â , Goldfinch 361â , Siskin 58â , Linnet 815â , Reed Bunting 13â .

4th: Pink-footed Goose 113, Kestrel 9â , Merlin 1â , Peregrine 1, Swallow 298â , Meadow Pipit 1910â , Goldfinch 168â , Linnet 781â .

5th: Kestrel 10, Green Sandpiper 2ß , Short-eared Owl 1, Skylark 75â , Swallow 360â , Corn Bunting 1.

6th: Kestrel 12, Merlin 1â , Purple Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1, Skylark 73â , Swallow 200â , Meadow Pipit 300â , Redwing 90, Starling 550â , Greenfinch 200â , Goldfinch 506â , Siskin 23â , Linnet 1300â , Twite 2â .

7th: Avocet 3, Swallow 250â , House Martin 21â , Meadow Pipit 220â , Goldfinch 305â , Linnet 274â , Ring Ouzel 1, Blackbird 80, Redwing 125.

8th: Kestrel 14, Spotted Redshank 1, Yellow-legged Gull 1, Short-eared Owl 1, Swift â , Swallow 300â , House Martin 33â .

9th: Marsh Harrier 1â , Sparrowhawk 4â , Kestrel 49â , Merlin 1â , Knot 20,000, Spotted Redshank 1â , Short-eared Owl 1, Skylark 810â , Swallow 180â , House Martin 200â , Meadow Pipit 940â , Grey Wagtail 9â , alba Wagtail 18â , Robin 70, Carrion Crow 39â , Tree Sparrow 106â , Greenfinch 590â , Goldfinch 1330â , Siskin 35â , Linnet 740â , Twite 7â , Redpoll sp. 64â , Reed Bunting 53â .

10th: Little Stint 1, Short-eared Owl 2, Skylark 83â , Swallow 75â , House Martin 76â , Meadow Pipit 500â , Greenfinch 215â , Goldfinch 570â , Linnet 410â .

11th: Whooper Swan 6, Kestrel 16, Woodcock 1, Jack Snipe 1, Short-eared Owl 2, Skylark 181â , House Martin 84â , Richard’s Pipit 1â , Redwing 65, Goldcrest 46, Greenfinch 112â , Goldfinch 660â , Twite 5â .

12th: Sparrowhawk 3â , Merlin 2, Short-eared Owl 4, Skylark 113â , Swallow 105â , House Martin 61â , Tree Sparrow 66â , Greenfinch 148â , Goldfinch 1500â , Linnet 770â , Twite 1â .

13th: Whooper Swan 6à , Pink-footed Goose 370, Curlew Sandpiper 1, Spotted Redshank 1, Short-eared Owl 1, Kingfisher 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Skylark 98â , Rock Pipit 19â , Black Redstart 1, Blackbird 95, Redwing 98, Yellow-browed Warbler 1, Jay 1, Tree Sparrow 44â , Twite 2, Hawfinch 3, Linnet 302â , Reed Bunting 22â , Lapland Bunting 2.

14th: Whooper Swan 3á , Water Rail 1, Curlew Sandpiper 1, Jack Snipe 2, Ring Ouzel 1, Blackbird 55, Fieldfare 290, Song Thrush 35, Redwing 260.

15th: Jack Snipe 3, Snipe 21, Spotted Redshank 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Swallow 69â , Ring Ouzel 3, Fieldfare 306, Song Thrush 45, Redwing 326, Pied Flycatcher 1, Brambling 106.

16th: Whooper Swan 3æ , Pale-bellied Brent Goose 1, Merlin 1, Peregrine 1â , Jack Snipe 2, Spotted Redshank 1, Skylark 166, Swallow 71â , House Martin 23â , Meadow Pipit 170â , Redwing 120, Tree Sparrow 19â , Goldfinch 470â , Twite 27â , Brambling 51.

18th: Merlin 1â , Water Rail 1, Lapwing 60, Jack Snipe 2, Woodcock 3, Short-eared Owl 3, Skylark 45â , Swallow 31, Black Redstart 3, Ring Ouzel 4, Blackbird 360, Fieldfare 735, Song Thrush 620, Redwing 2340, Mistle Thrush 6, Blackcap 16, Goldcrest 41, Jay 2, Starling 3100â , Brambling 209, Hawfinch 1â ,

19th: Scaup 2, Lapwing 180â , Mediterranean Gull ad-wt, Black Redstart 1, Stonechat 10, Goldcrest 52.

21st: Curlew Sandpiper 1, Jack Snipe 2, Merlin 1, Water Rail 1, Woodcock 8, Long-eared Owl 3, Short-eared Owl 1, Richard’s Pipit 1, Black Redstart 3, Ring Ouzel 5, Blackbird 350, Fieldfare 650, Song Thrush 95, Redwing 1650, Barred Warbler 1, Blackcap 18, Yellow-browed Warbler 2, Goldcrest 90, Firecrest 1, Mealy Redpoll 5, Lapland Bunting 1, Snow Bunting 1.

22nd: Whooper Swan 1, Pink-footed Geese 220à , Water Rail 1, Long-eared Owl 1, Short-eared Owl 1, Skylark 85â , Swallow 34â , Richard’s Pipit 1, Black Redstart 5, Song Thrush 245, Barred Warbler 1, Yellow-browed Warbler 1, Long-tailed Tit 9, Jay 3, Starling 1155, Brambling 75, Goldfinch 260, Mealy Redpoll 19, Redpoll sp. 76â .

23rd: Velvet Scoter 8, Merlin 1â , Curlew Sandpiper 2, Woodcock 6, Shorelark 2, Black Redstart 2, Song Thrush 150, Blackbird 630, Fieldfare 430, Redwing 1265, Barred Warbler 1, Yellow-browed Warbler 1.

24th: Pink-footed Goose 404â , Peregrine 1, Kestrel 1â , Skylark 63â , Swallow 47â , House Martin 19â , Black Redstart 1, Greenfinch 100â , Goldfinch 385â , Linnet 108â , Twite 2â , Snow Bunting 1.

25th: Pink-footed Goose 66, Sparrowhawk 2â , Kestrel 4â , Peregrine 1â , Stock Dove 16â , Woodpigeon 970â , Skylark 208â , Swallow 31â , House Martin 19â , Meadow Pipit 277â , Black Redstart 1, Ring Ouzel 5, Barred Warbler 1, Rook 59â , Starling 1510â , Tree Sparrow 108â , Greenfinch 470â , Goldfinch 455â , Siskin 45â , Linnet 140â , Bullfinch 1â , Lapland Bunting 1, Snow Bunting 1á .

26th: Hen Harrier RTâ , Osprey 1â , Kestrel 1â , Merlin 2â , Spotted Redshank 1, Skylark 50â , Black Redstart 1, Fieldfare 250, Mistle Thrush 42, Starling 1840â , Mealy Redpoll 4.

27th: Whooper Swan 12, Pink-footed Goose 1090â , Hen Harrier RTâ , Sparrowhawk 4â , Kestrel 14â , Woodcock 1, Skylark 197â , Shorelark 1â , Swallow 28â , Rock Pipit 18â , Ring Ouzel 1, Starling 875â , Greenfinch 153â , Goldfinch 320â , Linnet 134â .

28th: Whooper Swan 6, White-fronted Goose 1ß , Pink-footed Geese 635, Sparrowhawk 6, Kestrel 17, Merlin 3, Woodpigeon 683â , Short-eared Owl 8, Skylark 181â , Red-rumped Swallow 1â , Jackdaw 33â , Rook 72â , Twite 3â , Mealy Redpoll 4, Snow Bunting 1â , Water Rail 1, Woodcock 1, Long-eared Owl 1, Black Redstart 3, Ring Ouzel 4.

3rd: Black-headed Gull 248â .

5th: Red-throated Diver 11, Black-throated Diver 2â , Great Northern Diver 1â , Velvet Scoter 1â .

6th: Red-throated Diver 5, Sooty Shearwater 2, Wigeon 218â , Gadwall 3, Teal 39â , Pintail 25â , Sandwich Tern 12, Black Tern 22â .

7th: Black-throated Diver 2â , Manx Shearwater 1â , Wigeon 93â , Teal 126â , Black Tern 1â .

8th: Red-throated Diver 3, Manx Shearwater 1â , Wigeon 62â , Pintail 24â , Scaup 1.

9th: Black-headed Gull 265â , Common Gull 41â , Herring Gull 260â .

12th: Scaup 1â , Little Gull 900â , Black-headed Gull 160â , Common Gull 110â .

13th: Velvet Scoter 1á .

15th: Red-throated Diver 2â , Shag 1, Arctic Skua 1â , Pomarine Skua 1á , Great Skua 1á , Little Gull 2, Wigeon 652, Teal 263, Scaup 1â , Goldeneye 1â , Red-breasted Merganser 5â .

18th: Wigeon 257, Teal 74, Eider 56, Arctic Skua 2â , Little Gull 21.

23rd: Red-throated Diver 12, Black-throated Diver 2â , Great Northern Diver 1â , Shag 1á , Wigeon 476â , Teal 376â , Mallard 32â , Goldeneye 15â .

24th: Wigeon 270â , Teal 114â , Common Scoter 43, Velvet Scoter 1â , Goldeneye 11â .

26th: Great Crested Grebe 4â , Great Skua 1á , Pomarine Skua 1â , Little Gull 83â , Sandwich Tern 1ß .

28th: Pale-bellied Brent Goose 1â , Velvet Scoter 2á , Shag 1â , Great Skua 1â , Black-headed Gull 270â .

30th: Arctic Tern 1â .

Paul Massey

Spurn Bird Observatory Warden

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