Lundy Bird Observatory Sightings Archive: 7 Oct – Swallows and Blackcaps dominate

Tuesday 7 October 2014

7 Oct – Swallows and Blackcaps dominate

For Tuesday 7th October Tony Taylor reports 800 Swallows and 100 Meadow Pipits passing through, while grounded night migrants included 80 Blackcaps, with a few Chiffchaffs and Goldcrests. Also single Reed Bunting, Grey Wagtail and Dunlin.

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2023 Year List

161 - Woodlark 2/11
160 - Waxwing 28/10
159 - Surf Scoter 27/10
158 - Wigeon 20/10
157 - Red-breasted Flycatcher 20/10
156 - Richard's Pipit 20/10
155 - Pallid Harrier 19/10
154 - Chough 16/10
153 - Lapland Bunting 16/10
152 - Yellow-browed Warbler 15/10
151 - Short-eared Owl 12/10
150 - Bar-tailed Godwit 9/10
149 - Snow Bunting 4/10
148 - Arctic Skua 2/10
147 - Reed Bunting 2/10
146 - Ortolan Bunting 30/9
145 - American Cliff Swallow 29/9
144 - Balearic Shearwater - 27/9
143 - Yellow-breasted Bunting 25/9
142 - Little Bunting 23/9
141 - Red-eyed Vireo 20/9
140 - Common Tern 18/9
139 - Arctic Tern 18/9
138 - Barred Warbler 17/9
137 - Treecreeper 11/9
136 - Osprey 10/9
135 - Woodchat Shrike 6/9
134 - Western Bonelli's Warbler 3/9
133 - Wryneck 3/9
132 - Rose-coloured Starling 3/9
131 - Hen Harrier 2/9
130 - Pintail 1/9
129 - Nightingale 28/8
128 - Icterine Warbler 27/8
127 - Melodious Warbler 23/8
126 - Knot 15/8
125 - Ruff 10/8
124 - Black-tailed Godwit 6/8
123 - Sooty Shearwater 5/8
122 - Cory's Shearwater 31/7
121 - Green Sandpiper 25/7
120 - Great Spotted Woodpecker 12/7
119 - Grey Heron 19/6
118 - Quail 7/6
117 - Yellowhammer 4/6
116 - Red-throated Pipit 26/5
115 - Dotterel 25/5
114 - Common Rosefinch 24/5
113 - Common Crossbill 22/5
112 - Purple Heron 5/5
111 - Hoopoe 3/5
110 - Turtle Dove 29/4
109 - Lesser Whitethroat 26/4
108 - Spotted Flycatcher 22/4
107 - Shelduck 22/4
106 - Common Sandpiper 21/4
105 - Little Ringed Plover 20/4
104 - Whinchat 20/4
103 - Common Swift 20/4
102 - Serin 20/4
101 - Mediterranean Gull 19/4
100 - Collared Dove 18/4
099 - Cuckoo 18/4
098 - Marsh Harrier 17/4
097 - Great White Egret 17/4
096 - Lesser Redpoll 17/4
095 - Reed Warbler 17/4
094 - Yellow Wagtail 16/4
093 - Whitethroat 16/4
092 - Pied Flycatcher 16/4
091 - Sedge Warbler 16/4
090 - Sandwich Tern 12/4
089 - Grasshopper Warbler 12/4
088 - Redshank 12/4
087 - Ring Ouzel 9/4
086 - Whimbrel 9/4
085 - Tree Pipit 9/4
084 - Bullfinch 8/4
083 - Redstart 8/4
082 - Garden Warbler 8/4
081 - Ringed Plover 7/4
080 - Hobby 4/4
079 - Canada Goose 4/4
078 - Dunlin 3/4
077 - Rook 2/4
076 - Willow Warbler 21/3
075 - Brambling 19/3
074 - House Martin 18/3
073 - Sand Martin 17/3
072 - Common Buzzard 17/3
071 - Blackcap 17/3
070 - Swallow 16/3
069 - Red-breasted Merganser 13/3
068 - Hooded Crow 10/3
067 - Black-headed Gull 5/3
066 - Wheatear 5/3
065 - Shoveler 5/3
064 - Curlew 5/3
063 - Lapwing 4/3
062 - Puffin 28/2
061 - Cormorant 27/2
060 - Chiffchaff 22/2
059 - Fieldfare 9/2
058 - Grey Wagtail 8/2
057 - Greenfinch 8/2
056 - Stock Dove 8/2
055 - Black Redstart 1/2
054 - Firecrest 31/1
053 - Manx Shearwater 26/1
052 - Goldfinch 24/1
051 - Skylark 23/1
050 - Mistle Thrush 23/1
049 - Iceland Gull 22/1
048 - Woodcock 20/1
047 - Red-throated Diver 20/1
046 - Common Scoter 18/1
045 - Common Gull 16/1
044 - Yellow-legged Gull 16/1
043 - Siskin 16/1
042 - Golden Plover 9/1
041 - Fulmar 7/1
040 - Stonechat 7/1
039 - Jack Snipe 7/1
038 - Goldcrest 2/1
037 - Redwing 2/1
036 - Linnet 2/1
035 - Water Rail 2/1
034 - Greylag Goose 1/1
033 - Teal 1/1
032 - Guillemot 1/1
031 - Peregrine 1/1
030 - Purple Sandpiper 1/1
029 - Kestrel 1/1
028 - Merlin 1/1
027 - Woodpigeon 1/1
026 - Razorbill 1/1
025 - Gannet 1/1
024 - Shag 1/1
023 - Kittiwake 1/1
022 - Great Northern Diver 1/1
021 - House Sparrow 1/1
020 - Pied Wagtail 1/1
019 - Meadow Pipit 1/1
018 - Lesser Black-backed Gull 1/1
017 - Rock Pipit 1/1
016 - Jackdaw 1/1
015 - Snipe 1/1
014 - Raven 1/1
013 - Carrion Crow 1/1
012 - Sparrowhawk 1/1
011 - Starling 1/1
011 - Chaffinch 1/1
010 - Dunnock 1/1
009 - Robin 1/1
008 - Song Thrush 1/1
007 - Blackbird 1/1
006 - Starling 1/1
005 - Wren 1/1
004 - Herring Gull 1/1
003 - Great Black-backed Gull 1/1
002 - Oystercatcher 1/1
001 - Mallard 1/1

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Tuesday 7 October 2014

7 Oct – Swallows and Blackcaps dominate

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