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Author:  Nige Lound [ Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Early Lap
A female/juv (more likely) Lapland Bunting showed very well in the dunes adjacent to the seawall at 5pm today as I was settling down for a sea watch.

The sea watch itself was pretty dire
Wigeon 7N
Red throated diver 1N
Gannet 1N
Fulmar 1N

Regards

Nige
Author:  Dave Bradbeer [ Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Early Lap
Lapland Bunting Nth Cotes Pt this morning, my earliest ever, + Whinchat, Peregrine, LRP, 2 Green Sandpiper, 50 Wigeon, 45 Common Scoter, Common Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, also 32 Little Egret on Tetney Marshes.
Author:  Graham Catley [ Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Early Lap
http://birdingfrontiers.com/2010/09/01/lapland-bunting/
Author:  Geoff Williams [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Early Lap
From the website Birding Iceland,
27/8/2010 -Up to 27 Lapland Buntings at Heimaey,Iceland. Flocks of this size are rare in Iceland.
31/8/2010 - There were an astonishing120 birds at Heimaey today which is by far a record number for Iceland.
Lapland Buntings are scarce migrants from East Greenland and occasional breeders in Iceland.
Looks like they have had a good breeding season.
Temperatures in Greenland are still warm,up to 19 degrees C, so it's not the cold thats moving them on.
Author:  Geoff Williams [ Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Early Lap
Warm in Greenland, however the weather has been unusually cold in northern Norway for the last two weeks of August with temperatures down to 2 C and some substantial snow falls on high ground. Also winds have been from the north east, so birds arriving on the British east coast could well be Scandinavian birds. I suppose we will never know unless someone finds a ringed bird.
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