They are beginning to go now.
A typical departure order is
Early Sept - Cuckoo, Swift,
Early /mid Sept - Pied flycatcher Reed warbler, Sedge warbler, Lesser WT, Garden warbler,Redstart, Tree pipit,
Mid /late Sept - Whitethroat, Willow warbler, Sp. Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, Blackcap, sand martin,
Late Sept / early October Wheatear, chiffchaff, ouzel, house martin, swallow .
:)
S
Feel free to paste in by date and location as we did in Spring and we'll see how late they stay this year :)
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Hi,
one year there were House martins nesting into october ( 3rd brood ) by the town bridge near me and they all seemed to get away.
I saw a juvenile wheatear today while walking the path on the edge of the links between Minehead and Dunster, and yesterday there were several chiffchaff on the same path but not today.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Buzzard said: Hi Pip, not a daft question at all. On the very first page of this thread, I posted a response that includes the calls of both species. You acknowledged that reply stating you had heard the call and thought it was a Lapwing. At this time of year when birds are on migration been able to recognise the call is the easiest way for confirming an id. If you don't hear anything then it's somewhat harder. It's the calls rather than the song, not many sing now the breeding season is over. All the little yellow / olive green jobs as well as the LBJ's can be somewhat difficult to seperate, bill size and leg colour may help. Eye ring and stripe may help, movement of the bird been veiwed tail ficks etc, flight patterns and lots of other criteria. It all takes time to learn and on numerous occassions making a definate id isn't possible. A brief glimpse, who knows what is was! Regards Buzzard
Hi Pip,
not a daft question at all.
On the very first page of this thread, I posted a response that includes the calls of both species.
You acknowledged that reply stating you had heard the call and thought it was a Lapwing.
At this time of year when birds are on migration been able to recognise the call is the easiest way for confirming an id. If you don't hear anything then it's somewhat harder. It's the calls rather than the song, not many sing now the breeding season is over.
All the little yellow / olive green jobs as well as the LBJ's can be somewhat difficult to seperate, bill size and leg colour may help. Eye ring and stripe may help, movement of the bird been veiwed tail ficks etc, flight patterns and lots of other criteria.
It all takes time to learn and on numerous occassions making a definate id isn't possible. A brief glimpse, who knows what is was!
Regards Buzzard
Thanks so much Buzz
That was a really useful and helpful answer. Star man :)
Pip xx
a favourite pastime of hard bitten birders with warm thermal underwear is to sit on a headland ( eg Hunstanton cliffs) at just after dawn in late autumn and watch and listen to migrants over flying. Often it's large numbers of chaffinches and Mipits but can include bramblings and Richards pipits.
It's called Vis Mig :)
Hi
I did read that there were 15,132 chaffinches flying over Hunstanton cliffs
on tuesday, must have been quite a sight,
what puzzles me is how do you count that many birds ?
just found this great site full of info on bird migration
http;//trektellen.org/trektelling,as...0101004&taal=2
val
they were probably passing in groups over a couple of hours. :) See my Birding Tips ~ Counting birds thread :)
Lots of swallows & martins on the Wiltshire downs this morning - 8th Oct - enjoying some very warm weather and lots of insects. If it stays this balmy your swallows should be just fine.
paullincs said: I'm a little worried about a late batch of swallows in our barn. Most of the families have gone, but we still have about 12 youngsters, some haven't even developed their tail feathers yet. Is there still time for them to migrate successfully? Our barn supports between 8 to 12 couples and we often have between 30 and 50 swallows swooping over our fields in the summer, but they have usually all gone by now.
I'm a little worried about a late batch of swallows in our barn. Most of the families have gone, but we still have about 12 youngsters, some haven't even developed their tail feathers yet. Is there still time for them to migrate successfully? Our barn supports between 8 to 12 couples and we often have between 30 and 50 swallows swooping over our fields in the summer, but they have usually all gone by now.
Many wheatear the last few weeks too.
Still martins and Swallows on the Ythan yesterday .
Cheers
AL
If its no fun Yer no doin it right!
And a few at Martin Mere, Lancashire, today.
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