Donna Nook/Pye's Hall.

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:09 pm

Decent numbers of migrants this afternoon saw the following being seen:

1 Wryneck(Along developing shore out from Pye's,showed pretty well after last weekends crap views)
73 Song Thrush
186 Redwing
36 Brambling(1 of which tried to land on my scope after arriving in off the sea!!)
39 Goldcrest
3 Fieldfare
8 Chiffchaff
3 Redstart
1 Juv. Little Stint
1 Juv. Peregrine
256 Dark-bellied Brent

Regards

Steve.

Russell Hayes · **Posted:** Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:35 pm

Thanks for putting us in the direction of the Wryneck Steve, managed to see it OK.

In addition to your list:
at Pyes
1 Spotted Flycatcher
1 Kingfisher
2 Grey Plover
2 Little Egret
20+ Willow Warbler

Russell and Matt Strahan

Chris Grimshaw · **Posted:** Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:34 pm

Plus one whimbrel and a sparrowhawk

James Siddle · **Joined:** Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:40 am **Posts:** 289

More migrants were arriving at Donna Nook in the last couple of hours of light.
The following were east of Stonebridge:
Redwing 120
Song Thrush 70
Ring Ouzel - 1
Chiffchaff - 6
Goldcrest - 20
Brambling - 19
Tree Pipit - 1

James

Graham Catley · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:20 pm **Posts:** 1667

Russell Hayes wrote:

Thanks for putting us in the direction of the Wryneck Steve, managed to see it OK.

In addition to your list:
at Pyes
1 Spotted Flycatcher
1 Kingfisher
2 Grey Plover
2 Little Egret
20+ Willow Warbler

Russell and Matt Strahan

Chiffchaffs -- very variable plumage but of 30+ phylloscs seen today all were Chiffchaffs --

Geoff Mullett · **Posted:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:02 pm

Went to the outer dunes this a.m. in yet another failed attempt to locate the wryneck (will we ever see one?). Advised by a couple of birders there that it had flown 150 yards further out onto the saltmarsh. Felt like we had gatecrashed a private party so didn't search further.

Returned to Pye's, then Stonebridge, and were rewarded with good views of a yellow-browed warbler with goldcrests halfway along the track.

Geoff & Julia

Stuart Britton · **Posted:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:13 pm

Further to Grahams comments, field difference between Phylloscopus trochilus (Willow Warbler) and P Collybita (Chiffchaff) is never easy. At Donna Nook today we ringed 30+ "Phylloscs" and only one was a Willow Warbler.! More interestingly, many had a wing length in excess of 67mm and are highly likely to have been the Fenno Scandinavian sub-species P collybita abietinus as another possible, P Collybita tristis has a similar wing length to the nominate race. This is an exceptional number of "big" Chiffchaffs and the highest I have come across in 30 years of autumn migration ringing.

Geoff Williams · **Posted:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:55 pm

A nice selection of birds at Pyes Hall today,
highlights:- 1 Black Redstart, 2 Redstart, 1 Ring Ouzel, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Red-breasted Flycatcher (an adult with a red throat) and 1 or 2 Lapland Bunting.
Horseshoe Point, 1 Great Grey Shrike, thanks to Roy Harvey.

Kev Wilson · **Posted:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:08 pm

Phyllosc ratio at Gib today approx 50 chiff and 4 willow warbler.

Stunning pic of the Donna flycatcher - red throat, black upper tail coverts etc- interesting bird

Cheers

Kev

Graham Catley · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:20 pm **Posts:** 1667

http://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/10/red-b ... -male.html

Kev Wilson · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:25 pm

Have checked out your pics and the different angles clearly show its 'red-breasted'

The other well-photographed flycatcher at Donna recently - the spotted flycatcher, is also of interest - it has apparnetly mixed age feather tracts on the medan coverts - including two boldly white-spotted feathers.

See also

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=183152

Cheers

Kev

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