After
yesterday`s fall it was a much quieter today but there was some good visible
migration counts, including
two flocks of Corvids crossing the bay which included a single Hooded
Crow.
Offshore
A Velvet Scoter south, 25
Common Scoters west, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Red-throated Divers east, 8 Manx
Shearwaters west, 8 Gannets west, 2 Arctic Skuas east, 4 Sandwich Terns east, 10
Arctic Terns
east and 6 Auk sp. west.
The
wind veered around to the west and picked up during the afternoon prompting
another watch from
13:30-15:00. 1 Velvet Scoter east at 14:20, 4 Red-throated Divers east, 203
Manx Shearwaters west,
9 Gannets west, 10 Kittiwakes east, 18 Little Gulls west, 4 Little Terns east, 3
Arctic Terns east and
3 Guillemots west.
Manx Shearwater
Visible
Migration
A Merlin north, 6 Woodpigeons east, 2 Jackdaws north, 5 Rooks north, 43 Carrion
Crows north, 1
Hooded Crow north, 11 Sand Martins north, 138 Swallows north, 31 House Martins
north, 21 Alba Wagtails
north, 44 Meadow Pipits north, 2 Chaffinch east, 342 Goldfinch east, 5 Siskins
east, 184 Linnets
east, 10 Redpolls east and a Reed Bunting north.
Grounded
Migrants
A Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Chiffchaffs, 21 Willow Warblers, 1 Blackcap, two Whitethroats, 6 Wheatears and 12
White Wagtails.
Others
A Peregrine, 114 Ringed Plovers, 230 Sanderlings, 1,000 Dunlins, 17 Black-tailed Godwits, 225
Turnstones and
40 Twite.
Dunlin
Ringing
2 Chiffchaffs, 14 Willow Warblers and 1 Blackcap.
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