Sunday, 8th May 2016

A heavy downpour pre-dawn dropped a few migrants in, the highlight being a singing male Wood Warbler.

Offshore
2 Shelducks east, 20 Common Scoters east, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 6 Gannets east, 2 Sandwich Terns and 41 Arctic Terns east.

Visible Migration 
163 Swallows north-east, 12 House Martins north-east, 1 Grey Wagtail east, 2 Yellow Wagtails east, 4 Tree Pipits north-east, 4 Goldfinch east, 2 Linnets east and 27 Redpolls east.

Grounded Migrants
1 singing male Wood Warbler, 4 Willow Warblers, 3 Blackcaps, 5 Garden Warblers, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroats, 3 Sedge Warblers, 3 Reed Warblers, 7 Spotted Flycatchers, 5 Whinchats, 6 Wheatears, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Siskin and 4 Redpolls.
 
 Spotted Flycatcher

Whinchat

Others
255 Ringed Plovers, 180 Sanderlings, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 3,000 Dunlins, 9 Whimbrels, 14 Black-tailed Godwits and 52 Turnstones.
 
 Dunlins and Ringed Plovers

Whimbrel

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