Tuesday 8th October 2013

Southerly passage today was slow but on the move were 194 Pink-footed Geese, 5 Common Scoter, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker in off, 4 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 63 Meadow Pipit, 7 Grey Wagtail, 6 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin, 29 Linnet, and 8 Lapland Bunting.
Migrants between Long Nab and Castle Hill were 35 Skylark, 5 Song Thrush, 1 Garden Warbler (Trough Gulley), 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler (still Castle Hill), 3 Goldcrest, 1 Reed Bunting and 1 Lapland Bunting (Cromer Point).
In Jackson's Bay there were 74 Oystercatcher, 28 Redshank, 17 Turnstone, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit and 2 Curlew, 104 Wigeon and 2 Shoveler were at Scalby Mills and 7 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 19 Tufted Duck and 2 Kingfisher were on the Mere.

Goldcrest, Long Nab - Michael McNaghten