There were very few birds on the island but 2 Willow Warbler
arrived in the afternoon and a Robin was ‘ticking’ in the Pittospurum, only 3
Swallows were seen.
There were 230 Dunlin but other wader numbers were low with
2 Grey Plover, 4 Ringed Plover, 6 Whimbrel , 12 Curlew and only a single each
of Redshank and Turnstone.
On the sea were 21 Common Scoter, 8 Great Crested Grebe and
14 Gannet, with a juvenile just off the North end.
There was a single Heron on Middle Eye first thing, Tern
numbers were 11 Little, 250 Sandwich and 40 Common.
A Sparrowhawk was seen going high between the islands
towards Wales.
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