Weather: NW 3 vis 30 mls
A good day both weather and bird wise. A sea watch produced
46 Common Scoter, 9 Gannet, 3 Great Created Grebe and 4 Shelduck. About 200
Dunlin roosted on the North End until disturbed by two Peregrine, an adult and
a juv.(which posed for some time on the old lifeboat station wall).
Other waders included 18 Ringed Plover, 9 Whimbrel, 25
Curlew, 19 Sanderling and a Bar Tailed Godwit.
Thirty Swallows were present early in the morning with 2
Willow Warbler, and 3 wrens were in the obs garden.
As the tide ebbed Little Terns were seen feeding in the
channels running into the Gutter, with a good count of 47. There were also 300
Sandwich Terns and 60 Common.
Seven Little Egret were also feeding in the
Gutter.
Photos AS
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