Weather: ESE force 3 persistent drizzle in the morning, rain mid morning NE 1 in the afternoon
It's been a good spring this year for Ospreys with 4 previous records and this morning another sighting. This time it passed low over the obs from the west and headed towards the north shore at about 06.50 hrs. At one time it seemed to hover, ready to dive for a fish but it continued on to disturb the gulls around the east hoyle tideline and headed off to the north east.
A male Greenland Wheatear was near the lookout first thing and later a female was seen briefly at the south end. A Sedge Warbler was flushed from bracken near the old obs, and a few Swallows and 2 House Martins came through, meanwhile a pair of Whitethroats are inhabiting an area where the male is still giving good voice.
A Curlew Sandpiper rested briefly on rocks at the south end with Ringed Plover and Dunlin as the tide was rising.
The Curlew Sandpiper was of course the star of the waders today but the supporting cast included 4 Whimbrel, 140 Ringed Plover, 16 Knot, 80 Dunlin, 6 Sanderling and 6 Turnstone, also 3 Black-tailed Godwits that flew across the east hoyle sands. The sea featured 20 Gannets and terns of 3 species; 85 Sandwich, 20 Common and 2 Little, while 'shore' birds around were 12 Little Egrets, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Common Scoter, 3 Shelduck and 5 Eider.
Ringed: 1 Whitethroat, 1 Linnet.
Photos AEH, SRW
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