Sunday, 24th April 2016

Light rain showers mid morning dropped the first Swift of the year in.

Offshore
153 Common Scoters east, 11 Red-breasted Mergansers, 7 Red-throated Divers east, 9 Gannets east, 1 Great Crested Grebe east, 2 Little Gulls east, 4 Sandwich Terns and 2 Auk sp. east.

Visible Migration
11 Whimbrels east, 14 Swallows north-east, 4 Alba Wagtails north, 5 Meadow Pipits north, 17 Goldfinch east and 9 Linnets east.

Grounded Migrants:
1 Swift, 7 Sand Martins, 60 Swallows, 20 House Martins, 6 Whitethroats, 2 Sedge Warblers, 2 Wheatears and 1 White Wagtail.

Others
2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 63 Ringed Plovers, 2,000 Knots, 85 Sanderlings, 600 Dunlins, 3 Snipe, 3 Whimbrels, 14 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Common Sandpiper and 75 Turnstones.
 
 Grasshopper Warbler

Ringing
1 Great Tit, 1 Sedge Warbler and 5 Lesser Redpolls.
 
 Sedge Warbler

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