A better day with highlights being a Yellow-browed Warbler being present in our garden for much of the day and another at Valyie, finding a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll at Burrafirth and 2 Parrot Crossbills at Ungirsta plantation.
Norwick: juvenile Whooper Swan, 2 Redwing, 4 Song Thrush, 5 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, Goldfinch & 60 Brambling.
NorthDale: Song Thrush, 5 Redwing, 3 Blackcap & 4 Goldfinch.
Burrafirth: 6 Redwing, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, Greenland Redpoll & 5 Goldfinch.
Haroldswick: Great Northern Diver, 25 Redwing, Wheatear, Barred Warbler, 4 Goldfinch, 15 Brambling & 2 Parrot Crossbill.
Goldfinch at Norwick
Yellow-browed Warbler at Millfield
Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll at Burrafirth
Lesser Whitethroat at Burrafirth
Parrot Crossbills at Ungirsta
Fortunately there is an excellent website detailing the various calls of Crossbill call types in the western Palearctic here. From that website Parrot Crossbill call types N21 appears a close match to a sonogram (inset above) obtained from a recording made yesterday uploaded to xeno canto here.
The call type per the xeno canto sonogram (right) also appears a close match to a recording of a Parrot Crossbill recorded in the Netherlands on the 1st October (left) here.art
Barred Warbler at Haroldswick
