Not on Saturday they weren't :eek!:
I'm at Flam next week. Those bushes will get a good scour! It's my own fault for being busy getting married during the peak time for the local ones!
Here is the Spurn bird report for Saturday......
Saturday 28th
Sea/migration watches 06.00 – 11.00, 17.20 – 20.00. A blustery W wind all day with some long sunny spells and a couple of sharp, short showers.
Only one Barred Warbler was seen today when it showed well at times in Kew Villa garden, a very early Firecrest was caught at Kew Villa in the morning but most migrants were keeping low in the windy conditions: 1 Cuckoo, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Tree Pipit, 42 Meadow Pipit, 15 flava Wagtail, 2 Redstart, 8 Whinchat, 7 Wheatear, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 4 Garden Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 21 Willow Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher,
2 Pied Flycatcher.
There was a good passage in the morning, particularly hirundines, totals (south unless stated) were; 11 Wigeon N, 31 Teal + 29 N, 3 Pintail N + 2 in, 22 Common Scoter, 1 Grey Heron in, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier in then west, 1 Merlin, 8 Oystercatcher, 9 Knot, 2 Snipe + 10 in, 1 Swift, 70 Sand Martin, 2300 Swallow, 133 House Martin, 14 Meadow Pipit, 12 flava Wagtail, 25 Greenfinch.
Other birds of note were 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 small grebe sp N in the morning, 1 Shag, 8 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Little Gull, 6400 Common Tern and 3 Arctic Tern.