The highlight of the day was a record count of Whimbrels, 138 were found roosting on a sandbar in the late afternoon.
Whimbrels
Offshore
39 Common Scoters east, 2 Red-throated Divers east, 1 Fulmar west, 8 Manx Shearwaters west, 100 Gannets, 3 Arctic Skuas east, 63 Kittiwakes east, 11 Sandwich Terns east, 1
Common Tern east, 1 Guillemot west and 5 Auk sp. west.
Visible Migration:
5 Sand Martins north-east, 102 Swallows
north-east, 9 House Martins north-east, 1 Tree Pipit north, 380 Goldfinch
west, 2 Siskins west and 9 Linnets west.
Grounded Migrants
1 Willow Warbler, 1 Whinchat and 10
Wheatears.
Others
2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 75 Ringed Plovers, 800
Knots, 80 Sanderlings, 600 Dunlins, 138 Whimbrels, 111 Black-tailed
Godwits, 1 Common Sandpiper and 52 Turnstones.
Black-tailed Godwits
Whimbrels
Dunlins
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