The End
The autumn has finally coming to an end here at the cape, and I will go back to Sweden. Last morning was slow, but a pale-bellied brent was a real surprise!
This last post I will give the totals for my two months here in Estonia. I hope you will enjoyed them. Most of the species were having a normal-good year. Though some species (e.g. divers, grebes & long-tailed ducks) was way under what was expected (e.g. l-t ducks were expected too be seen in 2-300.000 at least!).
Miscellaneous:
178 species were recorded at the cape (with suroundings)
500+ hours were spent at the cape
900 km on bike
Totals:
red-throated diver 10848
black-throated diver 3098
diver sp. 710
red-necked grebe 582
great crested grebe 367
slavonian grebe 4!
mute swan 243
whooper swan 219
bewick's swan 104 (vaste majority follows the russian border)
greater white-fronted 1918 (see bewick's swan)
tundra bean goose 484 (see bewick's swan)
brent 51258
barnacle goose 214443
wigeon 91753
teal 11480
pintail 11072
gadwall 64
mallard 927
garganey 7
shoveler 2239
porchard 63
tufted duck 8339
scaup 37684
eider 8265
long-tailed duck 132668 (All-time-low?)
comon scoter 163168 (vaste majority flies in july/august)
velvet scoter 42576
goldeneye 5627
smew 345
merganser 7111
cormorant 5349
crane 6550
dunlin 2445
pomarine skua 4
arctic skua 93
little gull 2990
Among more rare birds recorded on migration: great white egret (18), white-billed diver (2), hrota (4), nigricans (2), black scoter, gannet, caspian gull (16), kittiwake, white-winged black tern, hawk owl, richard's pipit.
Thank you for reading, and I hope it has been inspiring!
