Saturday, 12th September 2015

With easterly winds and overnight rain most of the day was spent searching for migrants. There were small numbers around but nothing exciting could be found. A good bird was found in the evening, but something not expected, a Spoonbill flew into roost on the water meadows at dusk.

Offshore 

1 Wigeon west, 91 Common Scoters west, 2 Red-throated Divers west, 5 Gannets west, 3 Great Crested Grebes west, 1 Guillemot west and 2 Auk sp. west.

Visible Migration 

14 Swallows south and 2 Grey Wagtails east.

Swallows

Grounded Migrants

4 Goldcrests, 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroats, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 11 Robins, 2 Whinchats, 3 Wheatears, 12 Pied Wagtails, 2 White Wagtails and 1 Tree Pipit. 

 White Wagtail

Wheatear

Whinchat

Others 

1 Mandarin, 22 Wigeons, 13 Teal, 2 Garganeys, 3 Little Egrets, 1 Spoonbill, 54 Ringed Plovers, 44 Sanderlings, 75 Dunlins, 2 Snipe, 180 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Common Sandpipers, 140 Turnstones, 2 Med. Gulls, 7 Stock Doves, 45 Goldfinch and 27 Linnets.

 Red Admiral