I've done a bit of homework regarding our friends from the
north and I find that since 2009 we've have reported over 90 sightings of these
shy thrushes, split 34:56 between spring and autumn. This year's haul of 6 has helped readjust the
balance skewed heavily in favour of autumn returning birds.
|
Year
|
Total
|
Spring
|
Highlight
|
|
2009
|
4
|
All spring birds
|
|
|
2010
|
19
|
1
|
5 + on the 29th with birds present most days between 28/9–12/10
|
|
2011
|
6
|
4
|
30/3 earliest record
|
|
2012
|
10
|
5
|
|
|
2013
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
2014
|
14
|
1
|
3–6 on 14/10
|
|
2015
|
8
|
6
|
|
|
2016
|
12
|
2
|
4+ on 8/10
|
|
2017
|
7
|
2
|
|
|
2018
|
6
|
|
|
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