Lundy Bird Observatory: March 2014

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This page is run by Lundy Bird Observatory (LBO) as a source of news for everyone interested in the birds and wildlife of Lundy, situated 12 miles out in the Bristol Channel, UK. If you have sightings to report, please consider sharing your observations or photographs with the Bird Obs team here. While you're here, check out the companion website The Birds of Lundy for comprehensive updates to the book of the same name (Davis & Jones, 2007). All bird recording and ringing activities on Lundy are coordinated by LBO and general information about visiting the island can be found here.

Monday 10 March 2014

Pete sees a Hoopoe

Lundy carpenter Pete Lambden spotted a Hoopoe on the path in St Helen's Church this morning. By the time that I'd re-located it, it was outside the Tavern on the path down to Millcombe. Several visitors got a chance to see the bird through the windows of the Marisco before it flew into St Helen's Field. It returned to the path at least twice during lunchtime, once persued by a Carrion Crow.

2023 Year List

161 - Woodlark 2/11
160 - Waxwing 28/10
159 - Surf Scoter 27/10
158 - Wigeon 20/10
157 - Red-breasted Flycatcher 20/10
156 - Richard's Pipit 20/10
155 - Pallid Harrier 19/10
154 - Chough 16/10
153 - Lapland Bunting 16/10
152 - Yellow-browed Warbler 15/10
151 - Short-eared Owl 12/10
150 - Bar-tailed Godwit 9/10
149 - Snow Bunting 4/10
148 - Arctic Skua 2/10
147 - Reed Bunting 2/10
146 - Ortolan Bunting 30/9
145 - American Cliff Swallow 29/9
144 - Balearic Shearwater - 27/9
143 - Yellow-breasted Bunting 25/9
142 - Little Bunting 23/9
141 - Red-eyed Vireo 20/9
140 - Common Tern 18/9
139 - Arctic Tern 18/9
138 - Barred Warbler 17/9
137 - Treecreeper 11/9
136 - Osprey 10/9
135 - Woodchat Shrike 6/9
134 - Western Bonelli's Warbler 3/9
133 - Wryneck 3/9
132 - Rose-coloured Starling 3/9
131 - Hen Harrier 2/9
130 - Pintail 1/9
129 - Nightingale 28/8
128 - Icterine Warbler 27/8
127 - Melodious Warbler 23/8
126 - Knot 15/8
125 - Ruff 10/8
124 - Black-tailed Godwit 6/8
123 - Sooty Shearwater 5/8
122 - Cory's Shearwater 31/7
121 - Green Sandpiper 25/7
120 - Great Spotted Woodpecker 12/7
119 - Grey Heron 19/6
118 - Quail 7/6
117 - Yellowhammer 4/6
116 - Red-throated Pipit 26/5
115 - Dotterel 25/5
114 - Common Rosefinch 24/5
113 - Common Crossbill 22/5
112 - Purple Heron 5/5
111 - Hoopoe 3/5
110 - Turtle Dove 29/4
109 - Lesser Whitethroat 26/4
108 - Spotted Flycatcher 22/4
107 - Shelduck 22/4
106 - Common Sandpiper 21/4
105 - Little Ringed Plover 20/4
104 - Whinchat 20/4
103 - Common Swift 20/4
102 - Serin 20/4
101 - Mediterranean Gull 19/4
100 - Collared Dove 18/4
099 - Cuckoo 18/4
098 - Marsh Harrier 17/4
097 - Great White Egret 17/4
096 - Lesser Redpoll 17/4
095 - Reed Warbler 17/4
094 - Yellow Wagtail 16/4
093 - Whitethroat 16/4
092 - Pied Flycatcher 16/4
091 - Sedge Warbler 16/4
090 - Sandwich Tern 12/4
089 - Grasshopper Warbler 12/4
088 - Redshank 12/4
087 - Ring Ouzel 9/4
086 - Whimbrel 9/4
085 - Tree Pipit 9/4
084 - Bullfinch 8/4
083 - Redstart 8/4
082 - Garden Warbler 8/4
081 - Ringed Plover 7/4
080 - Hobby 4/4
079 - Canada Goose 4/4
078 - Dunlin 3/4
077 - Rook 2/4
076 - Willow Warbler 21/3
075 - Brambling 19/3
074 - House Martin 18/3
073 - Sand Martin 17/3
072 - Common Buzzard 17/3
071 - Blackcap 17/3
070 - Swallow 16/3
069 - Red-breasted Merganser 13/3
068 - Hooded Crow 10/3
067 - Black-headed Gull 5/3
066 - Wheatear 5/3
065 - Shoveler 5/3
064 - Curlew 5/3
063 - Lapwing 4/3
062 - Puffin 28/2
061 - Cormorant 27/2
060 - Chiffchaff 22/2
059 - Fieldfare 9/2
058 - Grey Wagtail 8/2
057 - Greenfinch 8/2
056 - Stock Dove 8/2
055 - Black Redstart 1/2
054 - Firecrest 31/1
053 - Manx Shearwater 26/1
052 - Goldfinch 24/1
051 - Skylark 23/1
050 - Mistle Thrush 23/1
049 - Iceland Gull 22/1
048 - Woodcock 20/1
047 - Red-throated Diver 20/1
046 - Common Scoter 18/1
045 - Common Gull 16/1
044 - Yellow-legged Gull 16/1
043 - Siskin 16/1
042 - Golden Plover 9/1
041 - Fulmar 7/1
040 - Stonechat 7/1
039 - Jack Snipe 7/1
038 - Goldcrest 2/1
037 - Redwing 2/1
036 - Linnet 2/1
035 - Water Rail 2/1
034 - Greylag Goose 1/1
033 - Teal 1/1
032 - Guillemot 1/1
031 - Peregrine 1/1
030 - Purple Sandpiper 1/1
029 - Kestrel 1/1
028 - Merlin 1/1
027 - Woodpigeon 1/1
026 - Razorbill 1/1
025 - Gannet 1/1
024 - Shag 1/1
023 - Kittiwake 1/1
022 - Great Northern Diver 1/1
021 - House Sparrow 1/1
020 - Pied Wagtail 1/1
019 - Meadow Pipit 1/1
018 - Lesser Black-backed Gull 1/1
017 - Rock Pipit 1/1
016 - Jackdaw 1/1
015 - Snipe 1/1
014 - Raven 1/1
013 - Carrion Crow 1/1
012 - Sparrowhawk 1/1
011 - Starling 1/1
011 - Chaffinch 1/1
010 - Dunnock 1/1
009 - Robin 1/1
008 - Song Thrush 1/1
007 - Blackbird 1/1
006 - Starling 1/1
005 - Wren 1/1
004 - Herring Gull 1/1
003 - Great Black-backed Gull 1/1
002 - Oystercatcher 1/1
001 - Mallard 1/1