Sturdy winds have prohibited any ringing this week. Regardless of the huge westerly climate techniques of overdue, Luke controlled to discover a Yellow-breasted Bunting between the pigsty and airfield associating with Meadow Pipits. This can be a fowl from the a long way east, Siberia, and is the 3rd file for Lundy after two within the Eighties. The huge hole in information adopted the species’ catastrophic cave in in vary and inhabitants when huge over-harvesting decreased the quantity of appropriate habitat of their Chinese language staging/wintering grounds. As a specifically thrilling file, a small twitch assembled at the twenty sixth, however sadly it hasn’t reappeared for any individual instead of Luke, the unique finder.
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| Mega file of a primary iciness Yellow-breasted Bunting with a Meadow Pipit. © Luke Marriner |
A minimum of one Crimson-eyed Vireo has remained in Millcombe, at the side of one ringed Wryneck, each observed at the twenty sixth. The Rose-coloured Starling seems to have left us now, without a sightings within the week because the twentieth.
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| Ringed Crimson-eyed Vireo in Pungent Gully. © Angus Croudace |
A minimum of two Water Rail are nonetheless heard calling day by day in Millcombe, with a person heard up close to Quarters as neatly at the twenty sixth. A unmarried Ringed Plover which seems to had been round many of the month used to be once more picked up calling over the east/Millcombe. A Turnstone used to be observed from the Touchdown Bay at the twenty sixth. Two Gray Heron are nonetheless provide.
A seawatch from the fortress within the very windy Hurricane Agnes at the twenty seventh produced round 80 each and every of Nice Black-backed Gull and Gannet heading south down the east coast after which becoming the wind on the fortress, in addition to two Cormorant, a unmarried Manx Shearwater and maximum excitingly a unmarried Balearic Shearwater which is the primary of the yr for Lundy. Lesser Black-backed Gull have began to be picked up just a little extra this week, with 4 at the twenty fourth, and 17 at the twenty sixth.
A feminine Sparrowhawk continues to be observed continuously between Outdated Gentle and the village, in addition to alongside the east coast. A minimum of two Kestrel and 3 Peregrine also are nonetheless observed continuously.
The small hirundine trickle continues, and we’re nonetheless shocked to not have had a large day of passage but, particularly seeing as now not too a long way away at the mainland there were some huge actions recorded. The twenty sixth noticed our perfect totals because the twenty second, with 120 Swallow, 7 Sand Martin and 11 Space Martin.
Millcombe has been a lot quieter because the Blackcap fall final week, with 15 Blackcaps left at the twenty fourth and simply two at the twenty seventh. One Chiffchaff has remained within the decrease lawn, and counts of Goldcrest south of Quarter wall had been round a dozen on a daily basis. One Ring Ouzel used to be picked up at the twenty fourth and twenty fifth. A Noticed Flycatcher has been provide because the twenty fifth, with every other at the terrace at the twenty sixth. About twelve Crossbills had been reported flying low over Millcombe at the twenty sixth. Above Millcombe a Whinchat and Yellow Wagtail stay in Barton’s Box, and one Gray Wagtail additionally flew overhead at the twenty sixth.
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| Noticed Flycatcher, Millcombe © Angus Croudace |