After yesterday's brilliant morning with 1022 Meadow Pipits, 249 Swallows and 78 House Martins going south, today was something of a crash back to earth. Minimal movement this morning, presumably as a result of the thick low cloud base, since otherwise wind conditions seemed similar to yesterday.
A few birds around this morning, notably the first Song Thrushes of the autumn, with two south and a third in the North Slope Tree-Line. The Grey Partridges remain off Perseverance Road, and two Ravens flew over. A scattering of finches, hirundines and pipits flew south during the morning, but no notable counts.
The morning was salvaged by a surprise Grasshopper Warbler at the bottom of the North Slope. It flushed from an area of thick grass, but being such a late record, I followed the bird, hoping to get some photos. Fortunately, with a little encouragement, the bird came out of the bush it had descended into and showed reasonably nicely, tacking loudly the whole time.
My previous latest Grasshopper Warbler at this site was on 5th September 2022, so today marks my latest by exactly two weeks. Thanks to feedback from AC and DJS, it seems this is the latest Halifax record, but I'm happy to be corrected on that front. Certainly not what I expected this morning.
-Grasshopper Warbler
In total managed 43 species today, the full list here; https://ebird.org/checklist/S274171232
Trektellen count here; https://www.trektellen.org/count/view/767/20250919
1 comment:
Always enjoy the unexpected. Nice one.
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