22nd March 2024

 Weather: W force 5   some mist

 With the wind back in the west, many migrants were not expected and so it proved. A Goldcrest, 2 Goldfinches, a Pied Wagtail and a single male Wheatear were the sum total.

There were 6 Eider drifting in the gutter on the morning tide with 4 being males, they were briefly joined by 4 Teal. The hundred or so Common scoter seen included a few near the island.

 

The breezy sea produced 4 Gannets, while a high tide roost in Niffy Bay included 130 Turnstone, 50 Dunlin, 80 Redshank and 15 Purple Sandpiper on the 'steps'.

 There were 6 little Egrets and a Peregrine showed up.

Photos AS