Jays

Ian Birch · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:12 am

6 Jays flying quite high over Knaith this morning at 7.45am heading south.

Ian Birch

Terence Whalin · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:58 pm

650 jays over hunstanton today, never known such an influx. from a distance the wing shape and flight pattern can easily be confused with a nutcracker, we must be due for one.worth a close look, you never know [-o<

terry whalin

Freddy Johnson · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2012 7:27 pm

That's a huge number, Terry!....and, apparently, another c.200 over Sidestrand, near Cromer. Let's hope our acorn (plus beechmast and nut) crop is up to the challenge.

Freddy

Dean Eades · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:23 pm

Awesome Terence =D>

Hugh Dorrington · **Joined:** Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:12 am **Posts:** 218

Unfortunately it has been a very bad year for acorns in England and large parts of western Europe due in part to the appalling spring weather. Beech mast and walnuts are also extremely scarce while any hazelnuts have already been taken by Grey Squirrels. However, I have just returned from Warsaw, Poland where there is a bumper crop of acorns and apples are lying 2 deep under every tree.

Hugh Dorrington

John T Goy · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:30 pm **Posts:** 2385

A single Jay seen at Butterwick Hale 7th Oct.

Regards

John

Peter Roworth · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:32 pm

13 flying south over Rimac, Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe NNR, this morning (8th).

Peter

Dave Bradbeer · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 12:44 pm

Eleven flew out of the scrub behind Pleasure Island Cleethorpes early morning, also 9 flew over me down South Sea Lane Humberston mid morn, also a single at Cleethorpes Country Park which is a new patch tick, 23 years i've waited for that! ( + 2 Water Rail fresh in there, Kingfisher, and a Grey Wag ).

Nige Lound · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 12:58 pm

Minimum count of 49 Jays at Gib this morning. 21 appeared in the East Dunes. Further flocks of 6, 9, 15 and 28 moving through so possibly more?

Regards

Nige

Don Davis · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 3:18 pm

13 Flew over far ings around mid-day today.

Steve Watson · **Joined:** Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:03 pm **Posts:** 95

5 Jays Stonebridge at Donna Nook at 11:15 flying towards Pyes Hall. - Steve

Graham Catley · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:20 pm **Posts:** 1667

Clearly movements are complicated. Late am 3 flew south down the dunes from Pyes. At about 12:45 8 flew out of the trees by the bridge at Rimac and headed high north they had presumably seen the flock of 16 coming south over Seaview at great height and turned to join them so 24 went south but over the next 2 hours singles and 2's and 3's headed back low north along the outer dune edge with 4 high over Saltfleet Haven totalling at least 12 birds. These 12 may well go back south tomorrow or the others may return north?
Plenty of birds moving over Laughton forest yesterday but only in 1's and 2's and in seemingly random directions.

Terence Whalin · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:42 pm

the 5 jays seen from donna nook were prob the same birds i saw from grainthorpe approx same 11.15 ishsaw several fellow birders up at pyes hall end, gave them a wave but don't know if they saw me from there. one with a big camera lens, another with a walking stick i think.

terry whalin

Kev Wilson · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:43 pm

Probably a total of 72 jays at Gib today, includng birds that must have roosted overnigt on site last night leaving to the north west and other migrant flocks coming in from the north, down the coast and u-turning to head north/west.

Kev

John Walker · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:19 am

26 south over my house early afternoon 09 oct,
regards John

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