Friday, 3rd April 2015

The day dawned with low cloud and occasional drizzle but this didn't stop the Meadow Pipits moving with another 1,554 counted moving east.

Offshore
1 Whooper Swan on the sea, 17 Common Scopters west, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Red-throated Diver east and 7 Sandwich Terns east.
 
 Sandwich Terns

Visible Migration
1 Golden Plover east, 1 Grey Wagtail east, 32 Alba Wagtails east, 1,554 Meadow Pipits east, 3 Chaffinch east, 5 Goldfinch east, 3 Linnets east and 2 Reed Buntings east.

Grounded Migrants 
13 Goldcrests, 5 Chiffchaffs, 10 Blackbirds, 1 Redwing and 5 Wheatears.

Others
5 Goldeneyes, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Little Egret, 16 Ringed Plovers, 70 Sanderlings, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 100 Dunlins, 160 Black-tailed Godwits and 115 Turnstones.
 
 Goldeneye

Ringing
3 Goldcrests and 1 Chiffchaff.
 
 Goldcrest
 
 Chiffchaff

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