It has been some time since my last visit to Spurn but what better event to return to than the Migfest. It was, as usual, a fantastic social event with great avian offerings. I was involved in a handful of guided walks, as well as the usual car parking duties.
Over the weekend, through luck or judgement, I managed to connect to a number of the weekends star species. The long staying White-rumped Sandpiper was nice, although it remained distant for most of the time. Mandarin was a Spurn tick for me when a moulting male flew over us off the sea and landed for a short while on the Humber before flying off again. Throw in a nice mix of regular migrants; Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher and Whinchat and it made for an excellent weekend.
-Barn Swallow
Species List:
Spurn Bird Observatory: Greylag Goose, Shelduck, Mallard, Eurasian Teal, Mandarin, Common Swift, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Ruddy Turnstone, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Curlew, Whimbrel, White-rumped Sandpiper, Dunlin, Sanderling, Knot, Common Redshank, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, Common House Martin, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Starling, Common Blackbird, Spotted Flycatcher, European Pied Flycatcher, Whinchat, Northern Wheatear, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Yellow Wagtail, Common Linnet, Reed Bunting,
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