A duration of northerly winds in a single day noticed a somewhat really extensive fall of Blackcaps at the thirteenth with over 60 ringed and 76 recorded. Alternatively, transparent skies and occasional winds temporarily beckoned them onwards and a mass exodus left us with only a few birds on the finish of the week. Robust easterlies over the weekend introduced a couple of new birds in, however maximum sensibly hunkered down. In the one brief lull on Sunday night time feeding job resumed, and a shocking first-year Barred Warbler dropped into the slope web in Millcombe.
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| First-year Barred Warbler ringed in Millcombe on seventeenth © Anna Sutcliffe |
A couple of Teal had been provide on Pondsbury at the thirteenth, even supposing simply the male has been picked up due to this fact at Quarter Wall pond. A Water Rail was once heard calling in Pungent Gully at the thirteenth and fifteenth. One Cormorant was once observed at the thirteenth. The primary-year Gray Heron has nonetheless been provide on a daily basis, with a raiding birthday celebration of six additional first-years driving the thermals alongside the east coast at the fifteenth.
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| Six first-year Gray Heron alongside the east coast at the fifteenth © Angus Croudace |
When it comes to waders, a unmarried Ringed Plover was once heard at the thirteenth. 3 Snipe at the thirteenth together with two via Rocket Pole and one at Pondsbury on fifteenth. A Snipe was once additionally ringed within the evening of the seventeenth. Greenshank unmarried picked up calling because it flew over Millcombe via Tony Taylor on 14th. A Dunlin was once feeding on Barton’s Pond at the fifteenth. Two Golden Plover over the Airfield at the 14th and a unmarried calling on sixteenth and seventeenth. At the fifteenth additionally Joe effectively dazzled and rung a first-year Dotterel on the north finish, simply the 7th chicken ringed on Lundy!
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| First-year Dotterel ringed on the north finish of the island on fifteenth September © Joe Parker |
The northerly winds at the thirteenth that introduced the arriving of Blackcaps additionally carried hirundines over our shores, with a push of 120 Sand Martin, 136 Swallow, and 67 Space Martin. Passage was once minimum on the finish of the week, however one Swift was once picked up over Barton’s at the fifteenth. We are nonetheless watching for a large Swallow push this season, most likely to come back on the finish of this week when winds flip extra beneficial for enormous scale passage.
Willow Warbler additionally moved out, with 12 at the thirteenth, however simply 3 of each Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff the remainder of the week. A Sedge Warbler was once provide at the thirteenth along side 3 Reed Warbler and 5 Whitethroat. Goldcrest are some of the few migrants that remained when reputedly the whole thing else abandoned us, with 18 at the thirteenth and 14th, and 10 at the fifteenth. One Lawn Warbler was once provide at the fifteenth and a Firecrest was once feeding in an Oak in Millcombe at the seventeenth.
We had 4 Noticed Flycatchers and only one Pied Flycatcher at the thirteenth sooner than none had been recorded on Thursday or Friday. A unmarried of every species was once detected over the weekend in Millcombe. Unmarried Whinchat at the thirteenth, fifteenth and seventeenth at Barton’s Box. A complete of 18 Wheatear had been provide at the thirteenth however this had decreased to only a couple on the finish of the week. Two Wheatear had been ringed at the seventeenth, together with some of the Greenland race leucorhoa.
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| Whinchat and Meadow Pipit at Barton’s. © Angus Croudace |
There were one, from time to time two Yellow Wagtail across the village all week and a Gray-Headed Wagtail (Yellow Wagtail subspecies m.f.thunbergi) in St Helen’s Box at the fifteenth. Two Tree Pipit flew over at the thirteenth.
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| Gray-headed Wagtail m.f.thunbergi in St Helen’s Box on fifteenth. © Shaun Robson |
A few Wryneck persisted their tenure on Lundy at the east and round Millcombe, with one unringed particular person additionally new-in on census at Rocket Pole at the 14th. Two birds at Terrace and Millcombe nonetheless at the seventeenth. The primary-year Rose-coloured Starling may be nonetheless provide across the village.
Numbers are dwindling within the closing last seabird colonies and a past due season Manx Shearwater ringing try at North Gentle best received 3 new birds, while some other fledged chicken was once positioned via the Tavern the similar evening. Some other two fledged younger became up within the village at the seventeenth (see earlier weblog for a proof). Two groups setup at The Battery and North Gentle mist netting Hurricane Petrels at the fifteenth stuck 4 birds between them, and even supposing numbers had been low, excitingly they integrated a keep an eye on. In the end for this week, about 30mins clear of Lundy Anna and Steve Sutcliffe noticed a dark-morph Arctic Skua from the MS Oldenburg at the sixteenth.