Friday, 28th March 2014

After overnight rain there was an obvious arrival of Wheatears this morning and a cracking male Ring Ouzel was grounded. The rain eased at 07:30 and Meadow Pipits were on the move with another 886 moving across the bay. The first Osprey of the spring flew north late morning.

Osprey

Offshore
3 Shelducks east, 24 Common Scoters west, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers east, 1 Red-throated Diver east, 6 Gannets east, 21 Kittiwakes east and 1 Little Gull east. Also 1 Atlantic Grey Seal.

Visible Migration
1 Osprey north late morning, 1 Sparrowhawk east, 2 Woodpigeons east, 2 Carrion Crows north-east, 1 Grey Wagtail north-east, 25 Alba Wagtails north-east, 886 Meadow Pipits north-east, 7 Chaffinch east, 18 Goldfinch east, 7 Siskins east, 3 Linnets east and 1 Reed Bunting east.
 
 Carrion Crows

Osprey

Grounded Migrants
7 Goldcrests, 5 Chiffchaffs, 1 Ring Ouzel, 55 Wheatears and 1 Stonechat.
 
 Wheatear
 
 Goldcrest

Others
4 Red-breasted Mergansers, 125 Sanderlings, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 63 Black-tailed Godwits and 160 Turnstones.

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