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Single Balearic and Sooty Shearwaters passed the Gap this morning (with 53 Red-throated Divers in the bay there), with a total of 10 Bonxies and 28 Barnacle Geese passing the Brigg and a Kingfisher on it. 

A busy morning’s vismig at the Gap produced 600 Siskins, 350 House Martins, 250 Linnets, 100 Swallows and 170 Pink-footed Geese; otherwise still quiet in the area. 

A quiet day, with the pick of the Gap’s vismig being 140 Siskin, three Corn Buntings, 12 Snipe and four Coal Tits. Two Bonxies and 11 Sandwich Terns passed the Brigg in the afternoon, with a Wheatear and Greenshank among bird in situ there. 

A much quieter day at the Obs, with a brisk SW and high pressure dominating. Highlights of a p.m. seawatch included a Marsh Harrier high in-off from the east and eventually north-west, and a first year Mediterranean Gull feeding with Common Gulls off the Brigg before heading south. A late Yellow Wagtail was the pick

Finally a busier day on the sea, with the wind steadily swinging north during the day and plenty of activity, especially in the afternoon and evening. Our first all-four-skua day of the autumn included day counts of one juvenile Long-tailed, six Pomarine, 21 Great and 30 Arctic, while tern diversity was even more impressive –

A little more activity on the sea this morning was headlined by a Balearic Shearwater lingering offshore for a while before meandering south, with back-up from 37 Manxies north (and three south), four Bonxies north (and two south), 11 Red-throated Divers south, a Puffin, 66 Teal (north), three Arctic Skuas south and three present, and

The Gap continies to provide most of the local highlights, with another quality morning there providing counts of 1200 House Martins, 1140 Meadow Pipits, 360 Siskins, 255 Linnets, 112 Goldfinches, 40 Pink-feet and a Sand Martin. The Top Scrub saw a small arrival which included six Blackcaps, 10 Chiffchaffs, a Spotted Flycatcher and a Greenland

Another good morning for visible migration at the Gap included 2240 House Martins, 80 Siskins and 200 Pink-footed Geese among others on the move. Two Roseate Terns south continued a good year for this species locally. Hobby was in the Top Fields, where there were also 101 Tree Sparrows, two wheatears, a Yellow Wagtail, 96

An extraordinary morning for visible migration at Hunmanby Gap resulted in over 6,000 birds moving through, which included 1150 Siskins, 600 House Martins, almost 3,000 Meadow Pipits, 55 Chaffinches, 30 Alba wagtails (and one White), site records of 75 Reed Buntings and 15 Grey Wagtails, 28 Pink-footed Geese, six Bullfinches, three Yellow Wagtails and a

With strong south-westerly winds from a succession of Atlantic lows still dominating, Hunmanby Gap is providing the lion’s share of notable counts and sightings, with the best of today’s watch being 450 House Martins, 355 Swallows, 240 Siskins and seven Sand Martins. A further three Sand Martins were with 50 House Martins moving through the