There
was the first big Meadow Pipit movement of the spring today with 1,115 moving
from 05:30 until 08:15 when a band of rain came in and grounded the birds. A check of the favoured
fields during the morning found at least 400 grounded birds.
Offshore
2 Shelducks east, 1 male Long-tailed Duck, 11 Common Scoters west, 5
Red-breasted Mergansers
east, 1 Red-throated Diver east, 1 Great Crested Grebe east and 2 Sandwich
Terns east.
Visible
Migration
3 Golden Plovers east, 3 Woodpigeons east, 3 Grey Wagtails east, 28
Alba Wagtails
east/north-east, 1,115 Meadow Pipits east/north-east, 2 Chaffinch east, 1 Siskin
east and
15 Linnets east.
A few of the Meadow Pipits
Grounded
Migrants:
11 Goldcrests, 6 Chiffchaffs, 2 Redwings, 3 Wheatears, 400 Meadow
Pipits and
2 Reed Buntings.
Others
2 Goldeneyes, 1 Buzzard, 13 Ringed Plovers, 65 Sanderlings, 93 Black-tailed
Godwits, 1
Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler and 1 Stonechat.
Sanderling
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