September Migration. Pants?

[colinaj]

Along the East Coast of Suffolk & Norfolk September return migration was an exciting time. Now we seem to be seeing less & less unusual birds. The Common Redstart, Wheatear, Meadow pipit & Whinchats seem to just trickle through & things like Firecrest, Spotted Flycatcher, Red Breasted Flycatcher & Pied Flycatchers are hardly seen at all.

The Sea watching has declined & all we seem to get in Autumn is westerlies.
Is this the same in your area.
If I had not been doing my local patch for the last 25years I don't think I would have realsied the paucity of return migrants.

Caj

[cannylad]

Hi Colin i have to agree its been fairly quite up here in Northumberland so far. Sea watching has been very poor, low counts of Skuas and Shearwaters and only a trickle of waders.

Not taking my hols till mid October, hope it picks up in the next few weeks.




brian.

[colinaj]

There were more Dunnocks & Robins around than recent weeks today & a few Yellowhammers.
We really! need those easterlies, Still getting Black Terns & sandwich Terns coming through also the odd Pom & arctic Skua. No Gannets for a while though.

[Andy Warne]

You guys on the east coast have it tough. There was a Redstart in the county the other week and we all thought it was great!
Obviously we don't get many passerine migrants in Leicester but wader numbers don't seem to be as high as they used to.

[Wilf]

The weekend in North Norfolk wasn't bad, there were a number of Wryneck, Great Grey and Red back Shrikes. RB, Pied and Spotted Flycatchers, Whinchats and good numbers of Wheatear.
But your'e right Colin, the weather systems have been against us for a few years during migration.