Saturday, 18th April 2015

A strange day; there was a lack of common migrants around but the day produced lots of scarcities. A Pied Flycatcher was trapped & ringed, 2 Redstarts were seen and a cracking summer plumaged Black-throated Diver was offshore. During the afternoon a couple of hours going through the large numbers of immature Gulls produced a 3CY Glaucous Gull & a 2CY Iceland Gull! The last good bird was another Osprey which flew north late in the afternoon.

Glaucous Gull

Offshore

1 Shelduck east, 19 Common Scoters east, 2 Red-breasted mergansers, 9 Red-throated Divers east, 1 Black-throated Diver east, 1 Gannet east, 2,000 Knot west, 128 Little Gulls, 42 Sandwich Terns and 1 Guillemot east.

Visible Migration

3 Whooper swans north-east, 23 Pink-footed Geese north-east, 1 Osprey north late afternoon, 1 Merlin east, 3 Whimbrels east, 3 Wood Pigeons east, 5 Carrion Crows north-east, 38 Sand Martins north-east, 16 Swallows north-east, 1 Yellow Wagtail east, 18 Alba Wagtails north-east, 1 Tree Pipit north-east, 19 Meadow Pipits north-east, 2 Chaffinch east,  62 Goldfinch east, 102 Linnets east and 2 Redpolls east.

Grounded Migrants 

1 Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warblers, 4 Blackcaps, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Redstarts, 7 Wheatears and 7 White Wagtails.

 Redstart

Others

2 Whooper Swans, 1 Little Egret, 73 Ringed Plovers, 500 Knot, 75 Sanderlings, 500 Dunlins, 2 Snipe, 72 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 2CY Yellow-legged Gull, 1 3CY Glaucous Gull, 1 2CY Iceland Gull and 1 Cetti's Warbler.

 Whooper Swans

Iceland Gull

Ringing

4 Willow Warblers, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Blackcaps, 2 Blackbirds and 1 Linnet.