Sunday, 10th May 2015

Seawatching this morning produced a single Great Northern Diver and a party of three Pomarine Skuas heading into the bay.

Offshore 
19 Common Scoters east, 4 Red-throated Divers east, 1 Great Northern Diver east, 8 Gannets east, 3 Pomarine Skuas - single group came in high & east, 1 Arctic Skua east, 2 Kittiwakes east, 17 Sandwich Terns and 5 Arctic Terns east.

Visible Migration 
3 Sand Martins north-east, 186 Swallows north/north-east, 3 House Martins north-east, 2 Yellow Wagtails east, 2 Alba Wagtails north-east, 4 Tree Pipits north-east, 1 Meadow Pipit north-east and 3 Goldfinch east.

Grounded Migrants
35 Sand Martins, 100 Swallows, 60 House Martins, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Wheatears, 1 Spotted Flycatcher and 1 Tree Pipit.
 
 Wheatear
 
 Sand Martins

Others 
1 Little Egret, 215 Ringed Plovers, 17 Grey Plovers, 125 Knots, 200 Sanderlings, 800 Dunlins, 4 Whimbrels, 58 Black-tailed Godwits and 62 Turnstones.
 
 Grasshopper Warbler

Skylark

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