Wednesday, 15th January 2014

The Council must have re-stocked with ammo as there were flash bangs going off over the tip throughout the day, consequently the only Larid of note  was the Glaucous Gull seen briefly before fleeing! On a brighter note the Cetti's Warbler was trapped and ringed; the fifth to be ringed at the Obs.

Offshore 

64 Common Scoters west, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers, 4 Red-throated Divers west, 1 Great Crested Grebe and 2 Auk sp. west.

Others 

800 Pink-footed Geese, 7 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Merlin, 2 Peregrines, 51 Ringed Plovers, 43 Sanderlings, 2 Purple Sandpipers, 23 Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 280 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Med. Gull, 1 Glaucous Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit and 27 Twite.

 

 Purple Sandpiper

Pink-footed Geese

Ringing

2 Great Tits and 1 Cetti's Warbler.

 

 Cetti's Warbler