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SEPTEMBER
2009-09-28 Monday
Immature PECTORAL SANDPIPER !!! trapped at Siemianowka Lake. Thats the third record for the Region, with a first almost exactly one year ago here and second in spring. Bird was very approachable and easy to trap in a mist net.


2009-09-27 Sunday
Pygmy, Tawny Owls active in Knyszynska Forest. Buzzards on migration (5,8), some gulls at Siemianowka, one Pygmy Owl trapped.

2009-09-24 Thursday
Pygmy Owl in Knyszynska Forest at dusk
2009-09-23 Wednesday
Eagle Owl at Siemianowka appearing in the evening on weekdays.

2009-09-22 Tuesday
Male Scaup at Zygmunt August lake. One of the earliest autumn records here. 
2009-09-19 Saturday
Red-throated Pipit, 2 Grey Plovers, 2 Curlew Sandpipers at Milejczyce fishponds. Flock of 34 Whooper Swans (local families) at Knyszyn-Zamek fish ponds.
2009-09-17 Thursday
Black-throated Divers (3,1) passing over Siemianowka Lake. Seven Lesser Spotted Eagles and one Greater Spotted Eagle also there
2009-09-16 Wednesday
Two Pygmy Owls active in Knyszynska Forest - new sites. Eagle Owl active at Siemianowka Lake.
2009-09-13 Sunday
Single adult DOTTEREL near Lomza. Often recorded in western Poland, while in the east we get them very rarely.
Adult Greater Spotted Eagle at Siemianowka
Red-throated Pipit near Suwalki. Young Red-footed Falcon at Knyszyn-Zamek fishponds.
2009-09-08 Tuesday
Red morph Tawny Owl, 2 calling Pygmy Owls, Nutcrackers near Czarna Bialostocka in Knyszynska Forest. Red Deer also active.
2009-09-06 Sunday
Med Gull at Siemianowka Lake railway dam.
2009-09-05 Saturday
Male Pallid Harrier near Mikolajki, Lomza district.
2009-09-04 Friday
Immature Red-footed Falcon near Lapy. Golden Plovers still in the fields.