Birding for 16th and 17th October

 

Links Hill and Gunton Cliff 16th: Met up with SWT as volunteer for a few hours. On arrival   at car park three SWALLOWS where feeding up and a small flock of 5 GREENFINCH flying all over the place. There was also a few MEADOW PIPITS making themselves known as where two PIED WAGATAIL. After the gate a very small SPARROW HAWK was being chased by a very resourceful MAGPIE. So the show was good and noisy as far as the magpie was concerned. A few BLACKBIRDS could be heard and seen as well as REDWING and FIELDFARE. I also had 3 calling CHIFF and one viewable as well as a very good sighting of a female BLACKCAP. When we returned to the car park there where 2 MED GULLS but no sign of the one below. I placed an update on this bird which was seen as described.

White E861 v 03/10/2012 Links Hill, Suffolk, GB  N  Hawes, Gaius.

White E861 v 23/01/2013 Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, GB  52,28N 1,45E Hawes, Gaius.

White E861 v 21/03/2013 Total, Antwerpen, province of Antwerpen, BELGIUM  51,15N 4,19E Lilipaly, Sander

White E861 v 21/03/2013 Total, Antwerpen, province of Antwerpen, BELGIUM  51,15N 4,19E Wolf, Pim A.

White E861 v 14/08/2013 Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, GB  52,28N 1,45E Wilton, Rob

White E861 v 16/10/2013 Links Hill, Suffolk, GB  N  Hawes, Gaius.

 

Ness Point 16th:   Flock of COMMON SCOTER resting on the water of Lowestoft. The best bird being a WOODCOCK which flew strait for me and then turned south until it crashed landed on the concrete just before the wall. It sat with its wings well down for 20 minuets and then flew inland. I was also joined for 5 minuets with our local PEREGRINE which tried landing on Gulliver. Good job he was not working.

 

Gunton Railway line 17th: I would think that I must have put to flight 60 REDWING 15 FIELDFARE and about 80 BLACKBIRDS. also 5 CHAFFINCH, ROBIN, WREN, GREEN WOOD, G-S-WOOD, CROW, MAGPIE, JAY, PIED WAGTAIL, GREAT TIT, BLUE TIT and three CHIFF calling but only one visible.

Ness Point 17th: A flock of wondering COMMON SCOTER 12 birds in all, which landed up heading south. and a flock of 18 BRENT GEESE heading south. With only one RED-THROATED-DIVER heading North. I latter had a flock of  9 BRENT which had 2 or may be 3 PINK FOOTED GEESE. with them. The reason for the three was the last one may have been a young one or something altogether different. I also has a close view of three VELVET SCOTER which where flying North. A very good view of these birds for a change. The other surprise was that I had just two adult GANNET flying south.

 

Best I could do for a quarter of a mile away.