Monday, 11th April 2016

There was a decent finch passage this morning all flying into the strong easterly wind, and during the warmer weather in the afternoon Hirundines started to move.

Offshore
2 Shelducks east, 6 Common Scoters west, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Red-throated Divers east, 4 Gannets west, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 24 Sandwich Terns east and 3 Auk sp. east.

Visible Migration 
103 Sand Martins north-east, 73 Swallows north-east, 2 House Martins north-east, 1 Yellow Wagtail east, 7 Alba Wagtails north-east, 57 Meadow Pipits north-east, 87 Goldfinch east, 62 Siskins east, 69 Linnets east and 17 Redpolls east.

 Linnet
 Sand Martin

Grounded Migrants 
1 Goldcrest, 4 Willow Warblers, 2 Blackcaps, 21 Wheatears and 10 White Wagtails.

 White Wagtail


Others 
74 Ringed Plovers, 28 Golden Plovers, 170 Sanderlings, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 220 Dunlins, 220 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Greenshank, 200 Turnstones and 1 Water Pipit.

 Sanderlings

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