December 2022

Last update 10.01.2023. at 21:57:33
  
   
21.12.2022.
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) 1 on islet at Grivinupite river, Cesu county (A.Klepers). Quite rare during winter months.

 Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) Grivinupite river, Cesu county, 21-Dec-2022. © Andris Klepers

17.12.2022.
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) 1 at Nica fields, Dienvidkurzeme county (G.Grandans et at.). Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra) 1 photographed at Nica fields, Dienvidkurzeme county (E.Smislovs).

  

17.12.2022.
Lapland Longspur (Lymnocryptes minimus) 1 at LBT grain terminal, Liepaja (G.Grandans, E.Smislovs), 2 at Nica fields, Dienvidkurzeme county (E.Smislovs et at.).

  
10.12.2022.
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) 2 birds in a unfrozen ditch at Murmuiza street, Valmiera (A. Klepers). Rare during the winter months.

 Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) Murmuiza street, Valmiera, 10-Dec-2022. © Andris Klepers
03.12.2022.
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) 1 trapped and ringed at Lauteri, Limbazi county (G.Graubics). Late autumn migrant record. Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) 30 on Golodova damb, Liepaja (J.Vigulis).

 Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) Golodova damb, Liepaja, 03-Dec-2022. © Juris Vigulis
02.12.2022.
Skylark (Alauda arvensis) 1 trapped and ringed at Lauteri, Limbazi county (G.Graubics). Quite rare during winter months.