Tuesday, 21st April 2015

Offshore:

189 Common Scoters east, 6 Red-breasted Mergansers, 3 Red-throated Divers east, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 7 Little Gulls east, 17 Sandwich Terns and 89 Arctic Terns east.

Visible Migration

1 Whimbrel east, 1 Rook east, 6 Carrion Crows north-east, 11 Sand Martins north, 120 Swallows north, 4 House Martins north, 1 Tree Sparrow east, 2 Yellow Wagtails east, 14 Alba Wagtails north, 11 Tree Pipits north, 158 Meadow Pipits north, 1 Chaffinch east, 46 Goldfinch east, 1 Siskin east, 112 Linnets east, 1 Twite landed briefly on seawall before flying east and 3 Redpolls east.

 

 Linnet and Twite

Grounded Migrants

1 Cuckoo, 15 Willow Warblers, 2 Blackcaps, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 3 Whitethroats, 2 Grasshopper  Warblers, 5 Sedge Warblers, 5 Reed Warblers, 1 Whinchat, 16 Wheatears, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 3 White Wagtails.

 

 Willow Warbler

Whinchat

Others 

1 Whooper Swan, 26 Ringed Plovers, 11 Grey Plovers, 450 Knot, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 320 Dunlins, 1 Whimbrel, 85 Black-tailed Godwits and 47 Turnstones.

Ringing

3 Willow Warblers, 1 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Reed Warbler.

 

 Grasshopper Warbler