Tuesday 25th June 2013

Offshore
 4 Common Scoters west and 2 Gannets west.

Others
6 Ringed Plovers,53 Lapwings,3 Sanderlings,4 Dunlins,38 Curlews and 8 Turnstones.
  

Monday 24th June 2013

Offshore
29 Common Scoters west,1 Fulmar west, 23 Manx Shearwaters west,17 Gannets west,
2 Grey Plovers west, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits west,1 Arctic Skua west,1 Great Skua west,
1 Kittiwake west,2 Sandwich Terns west and 1 Auk sp. west.

Others
1 Little Ringed Plover,18 Lapwings,1 Knot,4 Sanderling,11 Dunlins,1 Common Sandpiper
and 40 Turnstones.

 

knot  

                                         

                                                                                                                                            

Turnstone

   

Sunday 23rd June 2013

Offshore
21 Common Scoters west,3 Fulmars east,88 Manx Shearwaters west,20 Gannets
west,3 Arctic Skuas west,2 Kittiwakes west,3 Sandwich Terns west and 1 Guillemot
west.

A further watch in the evening produced 1 Fulmar west,18 Manx Shearwaters west,
13 Gannets west,1 Great Skua west,3 Kittiwakes west and 2 Sandwich Terns west.

Others
5 Ringed Plovers,8 Sanderlings,2 Dunlins,6 Turnstones and 1 3rd summer Yellow-
legged Gull.

   
                                                             Gannets

Saturday 22nd June 2013

Offshore
7 Common Scoters west,43 Manx Shearwaters east,8 Gannets west,1 Great Crested Grebe
west,1Kittiwake west and 4 Sandwich Terns west.

Others
2 Shovelers,1 Buzzard,45 Lapwings,7 Sanderlings,3 Dunlins and 6 Turnstones.

  
                                                               Sanderling

                                                                Dunlin

Friday 21st June 2013

Offshore
18 Common Scoters west,1 Manx Shearwater west,3 Gannets west,1 Common Tern
east,7 Sandwich Terns east and 1 Guillemot west.

Visible Migration
1 Siskin east.

Others
75 Lapwings,3 Sanderlings,23 Curlews,3 Redshanks,2 Common Sandpipers,1 Turnstone
and 1 3rd summer Yellow-legged Gull.

                                                     Yellow-legged Gull

Thursday 20th June 2013

Offshore

6 Greylag Geese east, 196 Common Scoters west, 2 Gannets west and 7 Sandwich Terns
west.

Others

53 Lapwings,4 Sanderlings,17 Curlews,2 Turnstones and 1 adult Yellow-legged Gull.

                                                          
                                                           Turnstones

Wednesday 19th June 2013

Offshore

21 Common Scoters west, 4 Gannets west and 5 Sandwich Terns east.

Others

1 Teal,8 Eiders,42 Lapwings,7 Sanderlings,1 Dunlin,2 Turnstones and 1 adult
Yellow-legged Gull.

   

Tuesday 18th June 2013

Offshore

4 Common Scoters west,2 Gannets west and 6 Sandwich Terns west.

Others

13 Eiders,1 Buzzard 16 Lapwings 11 Curlews 8 Sanderlings,2 Turnstones and 2 adult
Yellow-legged Gulls.

                                                          Yellow-legged Gull

Monday 17th June 2013

Offshore

4 Common Scoters west,2 Eiders east,3 Gannets east and 6 Sandwich Terns east.

Others

1 Teal, 1 Buzzard, 30 Lapwings,19 Sanderlings,4 Dunlins and 2 Turnstones.

                                                          
                                                         House Martin
                                             
   

Sunday, 16th June 2013

Offshore

12 Common Scoters west, 9 Gannets west, 7 Sandwich Terns east and 1 Guillemotwest.

Others 

1 Teal, 2 Shovelers, 8 Lapwings, 34 Sanderlings - including another colour-ringed bird, 3 Dunlins and 17 Turnstones.

 Colour ringed Sanderling

Ringing

1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler and 3 Long-tailed Tits.

 Blackcap

 Garden Warbler

Saturday, 15th June 2013

Offshore

2 Common Scoters west, 2 Manx Shearwaters west, 23 Gannets west, 2 Grey Plovers west, 70 Knot west, 6 Sandwich Terns west and 1 Auk sp. west.

Others 

1 Teal, 1 Buzzard, 2 Knot, 42 Sanderlings, 11 Dunlins and 1 Turnstone.

 

 Sanderling

 

 Turnstone

Ringing 

5 Kestrel pulli.

 

 Kestrel

Friday, 14th June 2013

Offshore

13 Canada Geese north, 6 Common Scoters west, 1 Fulmar west, 3 Manx Shearwaters west, 14 Gannets west and 2 Kittiwakes west.

Others

130 Sanderlings, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 42 Dunlins, 7 Turnstones and 1 Wheatear.

 Curlew Sandpiper

Ringing 

1 Ringed Plover pulli.

Thursday, 13th June 2013

Offshore 

13 Common Scoters west, 2 Fulmars east, 13 Manx Shearwaters east, 22 Gannets west, 5 Sandwich Terns east, 1 Common Tern east, 5 Guillemots east and 1 Auk sp. east.

Grounded Migrants:

1 Wheatear.

Others

5 Teal, 1 Gadwall, 1 Buzzard, 8 Lapwings, 260 Sanderlings, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 55 Dunlins and 5 Turnstones.

 

 Curlew Sandpiper

Dunlin

Ringing

1 Shelduck - the first to be ringed at the Obs, 2 Ringed Plover pulli, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 Sedge Warbler and 2 Dunnocks.

 

 Shelduck

 

 Ringed Plover

Wednesday, 12th June 2013

Offshore

8 Common Scoters west, 3 Manx Shearwaters west, 38 Gannets west, 150 Knot west, 4 Kittiwakes west, 3 Sandwich Terns west and 2 Guillemots west.

Others

75 Sanderlings, 23 Dunlins and 1 Turnstone.

 

 Swallow

Tuesday, 11th June 2013

:Offshore

7 Common Scoters west, 2 Manx Shearwaters west, 3 Gannets west and 4 Sandwich Terns west.

Others 

5 Ringed Plovers, 1 Knot, 85 Sanderling including a colour-ringed bird, 55 Dunlins and 1 Turnstone.

 

 Sanderling

Monday, 10th June 2013

Offshore 

1 Pink-footed Goose east, 9 Common Scoters west, 8 Gannets east, 1 Great Crested Grebe east, 6 Sandwich Terns east and 3 Common Terns east.

Others

3 Gadwalls, 4 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Ringed Plovers, 12 Lapwings, 1 Knot, 150 Sanderlings and 42 Dunlins.

 

 Sanderlings

Sunday, 9th June 2013

Offshore

11 Common Scoters, 1 Gannet and 3 Sandwich Terns.

Others 

1 Buzzard, 4 Ringed Plovers and 70 Sanderlings.

 

 Dunlins and Sanderlings

Ringing 

3 Long-tailed Tits, 5 Blue Tit pulli and 13 Great Tit pulli.

 

 Long-tailed Tit

Saturday, 8th June 2013

Offshore 

12 Common Scoters, 2 Gannets and 2 Sandwich Terns.

Others 

3 Ringed Plovers, 500 Sanderlings; including a colour ringed bird, 65 Dunlins and 4 Turnstones. 

One of the Turnstones was a leg-flagged bird from the obs. It was ringed on 21st February 2013 and this is the first sighting of this bird since ringing.

Turnstones

Ringing:

1 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler and 2 Great Tits.

 

 Willow Warbler

Friday, 7th June 2013

Offshore 

9 Common Scoters and 3 Sandwich Terns. Also 2 Atlantic Grey Seals.

Others 

4 Ringed Plovers, 600 Sanderlings and 63 Dunlins.

Ringing

1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Blackbird and 2 Dunnocks.

 

 Lesser Whitethroat

Thursday, 6th June 2013

With Ian's return from holiday coverage at the obs should now revert back to that of a daily basis. 

Offshore

6 Common Scoters and 2 Sandwich Terns.

Others

1 Corn Bunting - a surprising date for this now scarce species here.

Ringing

1 Reed Warbler.

 

 Reed Warbler

Saturday, 1st June 2013

Offshore
42 Auk sp. east, 3 Razorbills east, 1 Fulmar east, 116 Common Scoters, 6 Sandwich Terns east, 2 Shelducks east, 9 Gannets east, 5 Guillemots east, 2 Kittiwakes east and 2 Red-breasted Mergansers east.

Visible Migration
22 Swallows east and 3 House Martins east.

Others
689 Sanderlings, 1 Dunlin, 14 Ringed Plovers, 2 Turnstones and a pair of Mistle Thrushes feeding three recently fledged young.