Saturday, 9th May 2015

The weather looked good this morning for some Skuas offshore, a couple of Bonxies and five Arctics were seen but surprisingly only a single Pom was recorded.

Offshore
14 Common Scoters west, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers west, 2 Red-throated Divers east, 4 Fulmars west, 11 Manx Shearwaters west, 28 Gannets west, 1 Pomarine Skua east, 5 Arctic Skuas east, 2 Great Skuas east, 2 Kittiwakes west, 2 Little Terns west, 12 Sandwich Terns and 2 Common Terns west.

Visible Migration
4 Swifts west, 2 Sand martins north/north-east and 113 Swallows north/north-east.
 
 Swallow
 
 Swift

Grounded Migrants 
1 Whinchat, 20 Wheatears and 2 White Wagtails.
 
 Wheatear

Others 
1 Little Egret, 240 Ringed Plovers, 400 knots, 220 Sanderlings, 1200 Dunlins, 7 Whimbrels, 38 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Greenshank, 73 Turnstones, 2 Common Terns and 30 Swifts.
 
 Grasshopper Warbler

Ringed Plovers

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