Spurn Bird Observatory Sightings January 2025
With so many birders covering the Spurn area it is always helpful for us to get as many records submitted to us as possible. Please try to send in sightings on the same day so we can get them added to the log.
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Thursday, 02 January 2025
A cold and heavy frosty start to the day never realy went away despite blue skies with a cold F4 north westerly blowing. With the sea being rather quiet it was around the ponds area that delivered most of the days sightings with 300 Brent Geese, 28 Mute Swans, 5 Shovelers, 3 Gadwalls, 240 Wigeons, a Pintail, 150 Teal, a Pochard, single Tufted Duck, 3 Goldeneyes, 14 Little Grebes, 57 Lapwings, 53 Black-tailed Godwits, a Mediterranean Gull, single Little Owl and a Short-eared Owl. Other sightings included 4 Stonechats and a Woodcock around the area.
Watch times: 07:30-10:00, 13:50-15:30.
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Wednesday, 01 January 2025
HAPPY NEW YOUR FROM EVERYONE AT SPURN.
A wet start slowy cleared but generally remained cloudy with the odd glimpse of sunshine while a brisk F7 westerly ensured a windy start to the year. Watch times: 07:30-10:00. As would be expected there were a few people out looking for a good start to the year the best being 2 Velvet Scoters, a Red-breasted Merganser 32 Red-throated Divers and 12 Gannets over the sea the ponds area chipping in with 232 Wigeon, 3 Gadwalls, 4 Pochards, a Tufted Duck, 3 Goldeneyes, 40 Lapwings, 66 Black-tailed Godwits and a Common Buzzard. The Cetti's Warbler remained along the canal and a Woodcock was in churchfield.
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