Friday, 28th February 2014

Offshore:
2 Shelducks east, 1 male Long-tailed Duck, 26 Common Scoters west, 12 Red-breasted Mergansers, 6 Red-throated Divers west & 1 east, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Guillemot west and 2 Auk sp. west.

Visible Migration
17 Pink-footed Geese north, 1 Grey Wagtail north-east, 8 Alba Wagtails north-east, 3 Meadow Pipits north-east and 3 Siskins east.

Others
1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 26 Ringed Plovers, 55 Sanderlings, 180 Dunlins, 33 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Iceland Gull, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets - a surprise at the feeding station, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechats and 2 Siskins.
 
 Stonechat

Ringing
1 Chiffchaff, 3 Blue Tits, 2 Dunnocks and 1 Chaffinch.
 
 Chiffchaff
 
 This Chaffinch had a wing length in the range for a continental bird
and was therefore a migrant.

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