Wintersett + VisMig - It's been quite a day!! 26.09.20

A much cooler, 10 degrees with varying cloud and a cool northerly breeze.

Anglers CP: Black-necked Grebe 3.  Chiffchaff 4 + 8WRes.  Swallow 7 around + 15 south. House Martin 12.  Redshank 1.  

Wintersett Res.:  A flock of 70 alba wagtails were in the field by the Willow Woodleast , 10 of which were White Wagtails,  brought in by the strong northerly winds from Iceland.    Little Grebe 13 WRes. + 4 ACP.  A Reed Warbler was in the boathouse reeds.  Cetti's Warbler 3 males - northbank, Botany Bay and north east corner.  Kingfisher 1.  Goldeneye 4 females.  Swift 3.  2 Willow Tit on west bank.   

Cold Hiendley Res and VisMig: An Avocet flew in and landed on Cold Hiendley Res.at 14.10hrs and then flew onto Wintersett Res and landed on water in the north west corner, before flying off northwards at 14.15hrs.   4 adult Whooper Swans flew into CHRes.  at 12.45hrs. where they remained until 16.20hrs, when they left eastwards.  150 Skylarks and 150 Meadow Pipits were in the fields.  Blackcap 1 m + 1 f. 

 Wintersett Res and VisMig:  110 Pink-footed Geese flew north west at 14.55hrs.  5 Barnacle Geese  flew north over Cold Hiendley village at 16.02hrs..  Another single Barnacle Goose came in from the north, calling at 17.35hrs, circled the Res. until 17.43hrs, then also left north. These will be wild birds, moving from Svalbard to Caerlaverock in SW Scotland, where they winter.  Our birds tie in with many others reported flying north along the Yorkshire coast, that are re-locating,  after being forced southwards by the gale force northerly winds, in the north sea.   A Rock Pipit flew  south.   A Crossbill flew west.  9 Snipe  and a Golden Plover went west.    15 Swallow south.  Redshank 1. Meadow Pipits 68

Lepidoptera WRes: 2 Red Admiral - Willow Wood and north east corner.  3 Speckled Wood in Willow Wood and a Small White on west bank.   

Insect:  A European Hornet- Vespa crabro was in the boathouse reeds.