An decent migration day with birds dropping in/moving through throughout
the morning, the highlight being a vocal pair of Ring Ouzels first thing.
Ring Ouzel
Offshore
11 Common Scoters west, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers, 6
Red-throated Divers east, 8 Gannets east, 1 Great Crested Grebe east, 2 Razorbills east,
4 Auk sp. east, 27 Sandwich Terns east, 1 Common Tern east, 27 Kittiwakes east and 1
Little Gull east.
Visible Migration
1 Buzzard east, 2 Whimbrels east, 13 Wood Pigeons east,
3 Rooks east, 4 Carrion Crow north-east, 6 Sand Martins north-east, 4 Swallows
north-east, 24 Alba Wagtails north-east, 861 Meadow Pipits north-east, 2 Chaffinch
east, 40 Linnets east, 4 Redpolls east, 33 Goldfinch east, 10 Siskins east and 1
Reed Bunting east.
Buzzard
Grounded Migrants
1 Goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaffs, 7 Willow Warblers, 3
Blackcaps, 2 Ring Ouzels - pair in the gorse clumps first thing, 12 Wheatears, 1 Tree
Sparrow, 2 White Wagtails, 1 Brambling, 28 Twite and 1 Siskin.
Twite
Willow Warbler
Others
6 Wigeons, 1 Gadwall, 11 Teal, 3 Goldeneyes, 1 Little Egret, 16
Grey Plovers, 24 Black-tailed Godwits, 170 Turnstones, 600 Knots, 64 Sanderlings, 3
Snipe, 1 Merlin, 4 Sand Martins, 1 Water Pipit and 50 Linnets.
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