Weather: SW force 3/4 SW 6 in the afternoon
The Long-tailed Duck that associated with some Common Scoter on Tuesday was back briefly over the high tide.
With small migrants being scarce today the sea was given some attention. Counts included 115 Gannets, about 210 Sandwich Terns, 6 Red-throated Divers, 84 Common Scoter, 8 Guillemots, 42 Razorbills, 2 Great Crested Grebes and a single Manx Shearwater.
A female Wheatear was the best of the few small bird arrivals.
A ringed male Redstart will be the one still present from Tuesday, while a White Wagtail and 5 Willow Warblers and a Chiffchaff will be mostly new birds today. A Woodpigeon turned up after a blank yesterday.
Fifty four Grey Plover flew north, also seen were 42 Ringed Plover, 24 Curlew, 2 Whimbrel, 200 Knot, 68 Dunlin, 3 Purple Sandpipers 56 Redshank and 118 Turnstone.
Later 2,200 Black-tailed Godwit were on Salisbury bank. Only 3 Brent were sighted today, also a single drake Eider. Around the islands were 8 Shelduck, 2 Grey Heron.
...........and 4 Little Egret.
Late afternoon a message from seaforth told of an Osprey leaving there and heading to Wirral. The bird was picked up going south over Wirral and then tracking across the estuary south of little Eye.
Ringing: 1 Wren, 3 Willow Warblers.
Photos SRW
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