Offshore
26 Gannet east, 278 Manx Shearwaters west, 1 dark morph Arctic Skua east, 9 Kittiwakes west, 2 Guillemot east, 1 Razorbill west, 14 Sandwich Terns east, 2 Arctic Terns east and 89 Common Scoter west.
Visible Migration
2 Swallows NE.
Grounded Migrants
1 Wheatear.
Grounded Migrants
1 Wheatear.
Others
83 Sanderling, 11 Dunlin, 1 Knot, 2 Turnstone, 4 Ringed Plovers, 58 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit and 1 late Sand Martin over the pools.
Ian observed another leg-flagged Sanderling at the obs this morning. Thanks to a quick response from Jeroen in Holland we found out that this bird was ringed at Banc d' Arguin, Mauritania on 23rd November 2008 and this was the first time that this bird has been reported outside of Mauritania! It has been observed wintering in Mauritania in 2009 and 2011. See Google Earth image below.
The Sanderling in question!
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