Sunday, 22nd July 2012

Highlight of the day being the long overdue 1st record of Red Kite for the Obs!

Offshore
16 Manx Shearwater east, 11 Gannet, 25 Common Scoter, 1 Arctic Skua east, 16 Sandwich Tern and 2 Common Tern.

 

 Arctic Skua

 

Visible Migration

1 Red Kite drifted east over the peninsular at 10:05.

 

  Record shot of the obs first Red Kite

 

Others 

23 Ringed Plover, 42 Sanderling, 23 Dunlin, 56 Turnstone and 1 adult Med. Gull.

 

Ringing

6 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler and 2 Greenfinch.