Spurn Bird Observatory Sightings March 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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Sunday, 02 March 2025
Icy start again, but also bright & sunny all day with a F2 westerly. Watches: 0715-1015. Good numbers of Wildfowl remain around the wetlands most noteably 645 Brent Geese, 23 Shovelers, 458 Wigeon, 91 Teal, the Scaup and 2 Goldeneyes, while 265 Pink-footed Geese flew north west. Also in the area were a Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzards, single Merlin, a Short-eared Owl, single Little Owl and 4 Stonechats.
Some movement yet again with 3 Stock Doves, 132 Cormorants, 66 Starlings, 2 Chaffinches, 3 Siskins and a Yellowhammer.
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Short-eared Owl - Dave Constantine.
Saturday, 01 March 2025
A cold icy start led to a bright and sunny day with a F3 westerly. Wtches 0715-1000. The day saw little change with the Scaup and 2 Goldeneyes still on beacon ponds, 12 Little Grebes with one retuning to canal scrape, 139 Black-tailed godwits and a Short-eared Owl around the wetlands with a Cetti's Warbler in the triangle.
A small push of 475 Pink-footed Geese flew north west while also moving a Scaup, 2 Tufted Ducks, 2 Eiders, 50 Red-throated Divers, 4 Jackdaws, 4 Rooks, 63 Starlings, a Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinches and a Goldfinch.
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Barn Owl - Denise Shields.
