Thursday, 28th March 2019

A decent migration day with the first Osprey of the year flying through mid morning and the first Willow Warbler recorded. Other highlights include a hyperactive Nuthatch that was first seen flying over the car park at the point, then singing briefly in the cemetery before being seen again flying east along the promenade and then finally in the Mount before heading off high to the SE! 

Nuthatch

Offshore 

6 Shelducks east, 2 Pintails east, 42 Common Scoters east, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers east, 11 Red-throated Divers east, 1 Gannet west, 2 Sandwich Terns east and 11 Little Gulls west.

Visible Migration:

76 Whooper Swans north, 15 Pink-footed Geese north, 1 Sparrowhawk east, 8 Buzzards east/north-east, 1 Osprey north across the bay at 10:26, 103 Wood Pigeons east, 6 Magpies east, 11 Jackdaws north-east, 10 Carrion Crows north-east, 1 Skylark north-east, 7 Sand Martins north, 1 Swallow north, 1 Nuthatch (see above), 1 Tree Sparrow east, 2 Grey Wagtails north-east, 21 Alba Wagtails north, 248 Meadow Pipits north, 4 Chaffinch east, 4 Greenfinch east, 11 Linnets east, 3 Redpolls east, 18 Goldfinch east, 4 Siskins east and 2 Reed Buntings east.

 

 Whooper Swans

Buzzard

Grounded Migrants 

8 Goldcrests, 6 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 5 Wheatears and 2 Siskins.

Others

1 Gadwall, 2 Goldeneyes, 3 Little Egrets, 21 Ringed Plovers, 11 Golden Plovers, 42 Black-tailed Godwits, 150 Turnstones, 75 Sanderlings, 1 Spotted Redshank and 215 Redshanks.

Ringing:

1 Goldcrest, 1 Lesser Redpoll and 1 Goldfinch.