Friday, 22nd May 2015

The highlight today was the first ever multiple sighting of Hobby. In the late afternoon watching Swifts and Hirundines feeding over the pools in overcast conditions the House Martins shot up into the air alarm calling, and high above were two Hobbies drifting north-east.

Hobby

Offshore
16 Common Scoters east, 1 Red-throated Diver, 2 Manx Shearwaters east, 9 Gannets east, 1 Pomarine Skua east, 2 Arctic Skuas east, 1 Kittiwake, 5 Sandwich Terns east, 6 Guillemots east and 5 Auk sp. east.
 
 Kittiwake

Visible Migration
1 Whimbrel east, 27 Swallows north-east, 3 House Martins north-east and 1 Grey Wagtail east.

Grounded Migrants 
1 Spotted Flycatcher and 1 Wheatear.

Others:
2 Hobbies drifted north-east over the pools late afternoon, 120 Ringed Plovers, 3 Grey Plovers, 50 Knot, 300 Sanderlings, 350 Dunlins, 1 Whimbrel, 25 Black-tailed Godwits, 24 Turnstones, 50 Swifts and 35 House Martins.
 
 Swift
 
 Black-tailed Godwits

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