Overnight rain dropped a few migrants in this morning but the main feature was
another strong easterly movement of hirundines. Star bird though was a
Crossbill over mid morning.
Offshore
11 Shelducks east, 33 Common Scoters west, 2 Gannets west, 1 Great Crested Grebe
west, 1 Arctic Skua west, 80 Sandwich Terns and 3 Common Terns.
Visible
Migration
2 Swifts east & 1 south, 3 Sand Martins east, 616 Swallows east, 103 House
Martins east, 1 Grey Wagtail south,
1 Alba Wagtail south, 2 Meadow Pipits south and 1 Crossbill - 'green' bird flew
south then came back north a few
minutes later.
Swallows
Grounded
Migrants
8 Willow Warblers, 3 Blackcaps, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser
Whitethroats, 4 Whitethroats, 2 Sedge Warblers, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Whinchat,
19 Wheatears and 6 Pied Wagtails.
Wheatear
Others
2 Little Egrets, 68 Ringed
Plovers, 160 Sanderlings, 55 Dunlins, 180 Turnstones, 1 Med. Gull, 60
Goldfinch and 100 Linnets.
Turnstones
Sanderling
Ringing
2 Great Tits, 10 Swallows, 1
Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warblers, 1 Reed Warbler and 2 Wrens.
Lesser Whitethroat
Great Crested Grebe
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