A heat week with days beginning calm and northeasterly
winds choosing up in the direction of the afternoon. Temperatures reached a peak of 28.1° on
the 14th.
A big
group of round 90 Swifts have been seen
feeding on flying ants over Citadel Hill on the tenth. Smaller teams have been seen
the remainder of the week aside from the thirteenth. A Cuckoo flew by Millcombe on the morning of the twelfth pursued by
the native Swallows. Two Inventory Dove have been reported on the eleventh.
Waders have been
typically heard flying over the island through the mornings. Golden Plover have been heard on the ninth and tenth, Ringed Plover on the
twelfth and 14th and a Curlew on the
eighth. A Dunlin was heard on the ninth
after which one was on Pondsbury on the 14th. Three Snipe have been round Pondsbury on the eighth, 4 on the tenth and three on
the 14th. A Frequent Sandpiper was by
Rat Island on the 14th and two Inexperienced
Sandpipers have been by Pondsbury.
A Sandwich Tern was seen briefly on the eleventh because it flew previous Rat Island. Three
Cormorant flew over Millcombe on the
ninth and a Gray Heron was on the North Finish on the eleventh. A Sparrowhawk was seen round Millcombe on the twelfth after which by Tillage
Discipline on the thirteenth. A feminine/immature Marsh
Harrier flew over Barton Discipline on
the eighth and a feminine/immature Hen
Harrier headed south over the Citadel on the thirteenth.
Small teams
of hirundines have been seen this week with a max rely of 10 Sand Martins on the eighth
and eleventh. A excessive rely of 42 Swallows
was seen on the 14th and 13 Home Martins on the ninth.
Willow Warblers
have been nonetheless being seen in good numbers this week. 62 have been counted on the twelfth
and at the very least 120 have been seen on the 14th. Single Chiffchaff have been seen on the eighth, tenth and thirteenth with two on the ninth.
Two Blackcap have been ringed on the
14th. The primary Backyard Warblers of autumn have been seen with one
on the thirteenth and two on the 14th. Low numbers of Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat
have been seen on daily basis.
A single Noticed Flycatcher was first seen on the ninth with a peak of 10 seen on the
twelfth. Pied Flycatchers first arrived on the tenth with a excessive rely of six on
the 14th. Flycatchers weren’t solely seen in Millcombe however very often sitting
on partitions or fence traces throughout the south of the island. A feminine Redstart was by Quarter Wall on the ninth
and a Whinchat in South West Discipline
on the thirteenth. A excessive rely of 31 Wheatear have been seen on the thirteenth with most seen across the airstrip and Ackland’s Moor.
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| Feminine Redstart, Quarter Wall © Stuart Cossey |
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| Wheatears, Ackland’s Moor © Stuart Cossey |
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| Pied Flycatcher, Water Tanks © Stuart Cossey |
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| Noticed Flycatcher, Quarter Wall © Stuart Cossey |
Three Tree Pipits have been heard flying over on
the twelfth and thirteenth with a single on the 14th. A Greenfinch was reported in Millcombe on the twelfth and two Siskins flew over on the 14th.
In
non-avian information, a Basking Shark was
reported off the Citadel on the 14th. Two Frequent
Pipistrelle have been picked up on a bat detector on the eleventh. One at Quarry
Pond and the opposite in Millcombe. Two Hummingbird
Hawk-moths have been seen on the twelfth and one other on the 14th. There was a wonderful moth
lure haul on the morning of the 14th with over 200 moths of 42 species.
Contributors:
S Cossey, R Ellis, Z Wait, M and J Webber