South-easterly
winds and light drizzle brought a small fall of migrants to the peninsular
today. Visible highlights
include a large movement of Hirundines first thing, and offshore a cracking
summer plumaged Great
Northern Diver stole the show.
Offshore
50 Common Scoters west, 3 Red-throated Divers east, 1 summer plumaged Great
Northern Diver
east at 07:40, 113 Manx Shearwaters east, 11 Gannets west, 1 Great crested
Grebe, 2,500 Knots
west, 3 Arctic Skuas east, 2 Kittiwakes east, 1 Little Gull east, 1 Black Tern
east, 19 Sandwich Terns
west, 1 Common Tern east, 96 Arctic Terns east, 4 Guillemots, 1 Razorbill and 4
Auk sp. west.
Gannet
Arctic Skua
Visible
Migration
3 Whimbrels east, 2 Swifts north-east, 11 Sand Martins north-east,
1,046 Swallows north-east,
44 House Martins north-east, 2 Alba Wagtails north-east, 3 Tree Pipits
north-east, 28 Goldfinch
east, 3 Linnets east and 34 Redpolls east.
Grounded
Migrants
8 Whimbrels, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Chiffchaff, 35 Willow
Warblers, 5
Blackcaps, 2 Garden Warblers, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroats, 3 Spotted
Flycatchers, 1 Redstart,
3 Whinchats, 16 Wheatears, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 3 Yellow Wagtails including a male 'Blue-headed'
and 1 White Wagtail.
Spotted Flycatcher
Others
43 Ringed Plovers, 68 Sanderlings, 350 Dunlins, 47 Turnstones and yesterday`s
Short-eared Owl
still present.
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