12th October Holme & Hunstanton Cliffs

 Friday 12th October

Hunstanton - Viz migration 0700 - 0800

1000+ Starling & 10,000 Starling Holme later

Today will be remembered for a fantastic viz mig of wildfowl passage offshore.

Site Name	Holme
Date	Fri, Oct 12, 2012
Count Type	Seawatch
Time	10:30 - 12:30
	An excellent passage of wildfowl, there must of been several thousand Wigeon & Teal over the entire day. Great variety of species. Plus a Yellow-browed Warbler found , calling so strongly & possibly whilst moving overhead, it landed in the NE corner of the pines remaining very vocal for several minutes. Seen well 3x eventually settling around the sycamore near the Obs. A Little Auk along the seashore landing briefly before heading west.
Weather	1030am Overcast 8/8 then 5/8 by 12.30pm & brighter. Wind 4-5 W

Seawatch 1030 -1230

All birds flying west

Brent Goose (Dark-bellied)   259

Wigeon             1284

Teal      488

Pintail  30

Pochard 9

Scaup 3

Common Scoter411

Goldeneye 6

Red-throated Diver 7

Cormorant 4

Dunlin

Shelduck 61

Gadwall 9

Mallard 14

Shoveler 6

Tufted Duck 27

Eider 10

Velvet Scoter 1

Red-breasted Merganser 5

Gannet  70

Grey Plover

Snipe 3

Curlew

Little Gull  10

Herring Gull

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-headed Gull

Common Gull

Common/Arctic Tern 4

Razorbill 14    

Guillemot  18

unidentified auk    49

Yellow-browed Warbler, Fieldfare, Brambling & Spotted Redshank