Tuesday, 10th March 2015

The mornings walk saw a trickle of 'vis' but little grounded in gusty SSE winds, but interestingly the same walk during the late afternoon in glorious calm and sunny conditions produced the spring's first Wheatear and 10 Stonechats!
 
 Stonechat

Offshore 
13 Common Scoters west, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Red-throated Diver east and 2 Auk sp. east.

Visible Migration
5 Whooper Swans north, 24 Pink-footed Geese north, 2 Grey Wagtails north, 10 Alba Wagtails north, 26 Meadow Pipits north, 1 Chaffinch east and 2 Siskins east.
 
 Pink-footed Geese

Grounded Migrants 
1 Song Thrush, 1 Wheatear and 10 Stonechats.
 
 Wheatear

Others
1 Peregrine, 28 Ringed Plovers, 75 Grey Plovers, 250 Lapwings, 750 Knots, 52 Sanderlings, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 320 Dunlins, 265 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Cettis Warbler and 30 Goldfinch.

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