Friday 3rd October 2014

Offshore
19 Common Scoters west, 2 Red-throated Divers west, 5 Gannets west, 1 Razorbill
west and 5 Auk sp. west.

Visible Migration
1 Short-eared Owl west, 1 Grey Wagtail south, 10 Alba Wagtails south, 18 Meadow
Pipits south, 10 Chaffinch south-east and 1 Reed Bunting south-east.

Grounded Migrants
12 Goldcrests, 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcaps, 3 Song Thrushes, 3 Wheatears and 2 Grey
Wagtails.

                                                              Goldcrest

Others
340 Wigeons, 23 Teal, 1 Pintail, 2 Little Egrets, 63 Ringed Plovers, 115 Sanderlings, 90
Dunlins, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 1 Spotted Redshank, 7 Greenshanks - largest flock for
several years, 750 Redshanks, 220 Turnstones and 3 Med. Gulls.

                                                            Ringed Plover

Ringing
2 Blue Tits, 1 Blackcap, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird and 1 Greenfinch

                                                              Blackcap

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