Offshore
698 Common Scoters east, 9 Red-throated Divers east, 1 Manx Shearwater east, 13
Gannets east, 1 Arctic Skua east, 1 Guillemot east, 11 Sandwich Terns west, 1
Common Tern
east, 114 Arctic Terns east and 33 Kittiwakes east.
Visible
Migration
4 Whimbrels east, 3 Swifts north-east, 3 Sand Martins north, 81
Swallows north,
8 House Martins north, 2 Yellow Wagtails east, 4 Alba Wagtails north, 6 Tree
Pipits north-east,
8 Linnets east, 1 Redpoll east and 2 Goldfinch east.
Grounded
Migrants
1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 6 Wheatears, 1 Yellow Wagtail and
1 White Wagtail.
Others
1 Little Egret, 160 Ringed Plovers, 67 Whimbrels, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, 29 Turnstones,
275 Sanderlings, 1500 Dunlins and 2 Stock Doves.
Sanderlings
Dunlins
Ringing
We recently received the details from the BTO of a Blackbird that was ringed at the Obs on 19th October 2015, that was found dead 964 km NE at Bamble, Telemark, Norway on 29th April 2019. Please see Google Earth image below.
This bird was ringed as a first calendar year male in October 2015 and had a wing length of 140 mm, indicating that it was of continental origin. Often ringing recoveries raise more questions than they answer, and as this bird was found on the coast in Norway in April, it could well have been heading further north and east if it sadly hadn't died.
Blackbird LC51947 (click to enlarge)
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