Monday, 27th April 2015

There were a few migrants around this morning including two vocal male Cuckoos and a singing male Pied Flycatcher, also a Marsh Harrier flew east offshore.

Pied Flycatcher

Offshore

3 Shelducks east, 34 Common Scoters east, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers east, 4 Red-throated Divers east, 9 Gannets west, 11 Sandwich Terns east and 3 Common Terns east.

Visible Migration 

1 Marsh Harrier east, 31 Whimbrels east, 9 Carrion Crows north-east, 5 Sand Martins north, 58 Swallows north, 1 Yellow Wagtail east, 1 Grey Wagtail east, 5 Alba Wagtails north, 11 Tree Pipits north, 12 Meadow Pipits north, 25 Goldfinch east, 16 Linnets east and 2 Twite east.

Grounded Migrants 

2 Cuckoos, 8 Willow Warblers, 15 Blackcaps, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 5 Whitethroats, 5 Sedge Warblers, 1 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 25 Wheatears, 1 Pied Flycatcher and 3 White Wagtails.

 

 Whinchat

 

 White Wagtail

Others

75 Ringed Plovers, 250 Knot, 55 Sanderlings, 400 Dunlins, 2 Whimbrels, 16 Black-tailed Godwits and 2 Common Sandpipers.

Ringing

1 Long-tailed Tit and 4 Blackcaps.

 

 Blackcap