Ruff   Philomachus pugnax

Passage migrant mostly autumn.

 

·         1973   24 July,

·         1987   5, 15th August

·         1993   One Juv. Da Logat, 27th September; One, Ham, 29th September

·         1995   One, Heddlicliff, 12th & 14th and the same or another, 16th - 19th, September

·         1998   3, Heddlicliff, 22nd with Two there on the 23rd September

·         2000   5, Whirly Knowe and Broadmeadow, 23rd – 26th September; One on the 28th September and 2nd October; Two on the 4th October and 4 on the 6th (22nd September – 6th October).

·         2003   All records were in August. A single bird on the 13th; 3, on the 18th and singles from the 26th – 28th.

·         2005   One, 27th – 29th September.