A
few migrants were noted around the Obs today despite the continuing easterly
blast; the highlight being
a Treecreeper. This species is rare here and usually occurs in late Autumn, so a
spring bird was
a surprise. Also a Great Northern Diver was offshore today.
Offshore
5 Shelducks east, 72 Common Scoters west, 19 Red-breasted Mergansers east, 8
Red-throated
Divers east, 1 Great Northern Diver west, 5 Great Crested Grebes on the sea
& 1 east, 1
Curlew east, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit east, 7 Kittiwakes east, 1 Guillemot west, 4
Razorbills and 5 Auk
sp. east.
Visible
Migration
18 Whooper Swans north-east, 6 Alba Wagtails north and 13 Meadow
Pipits north.
Whooper Swans
Grounded
Migrants
4 Goldcrests, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Blackbirds, 2 Song
Thrushes and 1
Wheatear.
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Wheatear
Others
43
Pink-footed Geese, 2 Goldeneyes, 9 Ringed Plovers, 76 Sanderlings, 2 Purple
Sandpipers, 180
Dunlins, 1 Jack Snipe, 225 Turnstones and 22 Twite.
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