Autumn bird migration news: Out of Iceland

I found two Wheatears in a field here in Angus Scotland would that be the ones from Greenland? I have never seen one before what a lovely wee bird

That's certainly a possibility, lyncat. However, Greenland Wheatears are notoriously difficult to separate from 'standard' Wheatears in the field and are usually only safely identified on biometrics (taken in the hand whilst the bird is being ringed). More than 40 of the 250 Wheatears at Spurn were trapped and ringed; all of them had measurements that fitted with the Greenland race.

I think I might have seen one on the beach on the north east coast, it was very pale like the one pictured. Even a normal wheatear is nice to see!

Swallows and House Martins were still here in Alnwick, Northumberland on Thursday 6th October but seem to have virtually disappeared overnight! On the plus side, nine whooper swans were on the River Coquet at Amble, Northumberland, today, 7th October.

We left Carnoustie this morning ( 7 October) having watched geese flying in formation over the last 3 days. they have been following the coast down from Montrose and during our journey this morning downpast the forth of tay we could still see flocks following the estuary. We lost sight of them once we were futher inland at Stirling.

Where are they likely to be flying to and will they break their journey or continue to fly overnight?

At Caerlaverock Wetland Centre near me on the Solway Firth in SW Scotland, there are already some Whooper Swans. There are also approx 500 Barnacle Geese from Spitsbergen. For October this is a low number of Geese, normally there should be a few thousand by now. I have been told that the high winds we have experienced of the north coast of Scotland over the past couple of weeks are delaying the Barnacle Geese migration. As soon as the winds allow, the Geese will arrive in their thousands.

We saw a wheatear at the St. Mary's airport Isles of Scilly on 1st October while waiting for the fog to lift.

Whilst out walking with the dogs at Leasowe Bay, North Wirral Coastal Park, yesterday and again this morning, 8th October 10.30am, I spotted a bird that aroused my curiosity. After searching the web to identify it...I am confident that the bird is a Northern Wheatear.

for the last 3 years i have had a wagtail come to my garden to feed on live mealworms. he is so tame i feed him out of my hand and he follows me round the garden like a dog or he comes into the house to get my attention.he arrives in march or april and migrates in september or october, this year he left on 26 september so im keeping my fingers crossed he survives the winter and i see him again next year

Whilst up in the Highlands of Scotland on holiday, we saw Whooper Swans at Nairn on the 4th October and we saw 7 Whooper Swans at Loch Morlich on the 7th October. Later on in the day we saw about 7 Whooper Swans at RSPB Insh Marches (maybe the same ones?) Female Hen Harrier seen patrolling the reserve and apparently made a failed attempt at catching dinner!

I visited Margam Park on Sunday 9th October 2011 and saw some swallows. But I thought they had all migrated down to Africa.

Saw lots of starling getting into large Groups outside my window in Cheshire Middlewich , Also saw 3 Tawny owls in the day light in the countryside, Not seen the hedgehog running around my garden for a few nights.

saw a number of flying Whooper swans on western shores of Lough Neagh on Monday 10th Oct. Maybe just passing through as that was the only sighting?

Was in my garden today (Sale, Cheshire) When I saw a number of geese flying over ahead. I actually heard them before I saw them, I think there must of been around 5000 at least. It was quite eerie to be honest. I watched for around 10 minutes. Not sure if they were arriving or leaving. It was spectacular to watch. Wish I had filmed it.