First big raptor day for
Kihnu island with 1 000 migrating raptors!. This kind of raptor
migration can be seen in very few places in Estonia and for our
observation team it has been best raptor day ever in this country.
Fabolous day for Sparrowhawk/ raudkull Accipiter nisus with 954
migrating individuals. It is the second biggest daily count for this
species, being only 50 individuals less than best day in Sõrve bird
observatory! The importance of Kihnu island for Sparrowhawk migration
shows also bird counts done today at Lao (mainland spit straight up
north-east from Kihnu) there "only" 300 migrating Sparrowhawk
has been counted. Also very good day for Merlin/ väikepistrik Falco
columbarius - 17m, which is exactly the same number as current best
daily count done in Estonia. Best day of the autumn season for Hen
Harrier/ välja-loorkull Circus cyaneus - 10m. Signs of the late
autumn has been 1 migrating Honey Buzzard/ herilaseviu Pernis
apivorus and 3 Hobbies/ lõopistrik Falco subbuteo. Today also first
Rough-legged Buzzard/ karvasjalg-viu Buteo lagopus has been
encountered.
Passerine migration has
been rather quiet today - seems that Chaffinches/ metsvint Fringilla
coelebs migration is slightly ending for this autumn. The most
interesting observation among passerines has been very late Sand
Martin/ kaldapääsuke Riparia riparia - the second latest record for
the country. Also first Serin/ koldvint Serinus serinus were observed
today. Local birds today nearby field station - Willow Warbler/ salu-lehelind Phylloscopus trochilus and Redstart/ lepalind Phoenicurus phoenicurus.
In the late evening Mati put up raptor nets. Today is very calm night and hopefully we manage
to catch for the ringing purposes some Owls and of course tommorrow
some Sparrowhawks. Radar also detecting big movement of nocturnal migration today - most probably passing Robins/ punarind Erithacus rubecula and Song Thrushes / lauluräsyas Turdus philomelos.
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