Hurricane Katia Come on Down!

[Adam Cheeseman]

Well we've already got a load of decent Yank waders over here. Let's see if Hurricane Katia can dump a load of passerines etc as well as more waders over the next week. Fingers crossed.

Cheers,

Adam

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

Well we've already got a load of decent Yank waders over here. Let's see if Hurricane Katia can dump a load of passerines etc as well as more waders over the next week. Fingers crossed.

Cheers,

Adam

So long as they can back on track safely later of course.

[RoyW]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

Well we've already got a load of decent Yank waders over here. Let's see if Hurricane Katia can dump a load of passerines etc as well as more waders over the next week. Fingers crossed.

Don't forget the inland seabirds...

On a north London reservoir today:

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

So long as they can back on track safely later of course.

Sadly it is unlikely that most vagrants manage to re-orientate.
Some end up migrating north and south in the area that they find themselves (eg. American gulls and ducks that return to the same areas in the UK each winter but leave again each spring), some of these may pair up with closely related species and even raise hybrid young.

[Jason Claxton]

I remember seeing Sabine's on a Resevoir near London a fair few years back,it was blowing a hoolie then still,you could almost reach out and touch them,they were blown straight towards us.

[tigertom]

Have got my petersons field guide easten birds at the reddy just in case.
did see a ring billed gull last year on local school playing field when was working at the school after a good blow.
MIKE

[Adam Cheeseman]

Originally Posted by RoyW

Don't forget the inland seabirds...

On a north London reservoir today:




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Is there any access to George V Res. Roy? There's been a lot of Sabine's Gulls around the country already.

Cheers,

Adam

[Adam Cheeseman]

Here they come folks. Loads of stuff turning up all around the place.

[RoyW]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

Is there any access to George V Res. Roy? There's been a lot of Sabine's Gulls around the country already.

Annual permits are available, with a key needed for the padlock on the gates.
There's a good chance there will be one (or two) on the reservoirs on your side of London soon though!

[Adam Cheeseman]

Hope so. Missed the one at Staines Res. Hoping the probable Red-necked Stint becomes a definite at Weirwood.

Cheers,

Adam

[Dogghound]

Its the north easterlies that I am looking forward to towards the end of the week. We have had a good year for waders here too, both buff breasted sandpiper and pectoral sandpiper last week, not quite on Irelands level though .