Weather:- wind north or north north west force 4/6 but up to 7 during a sea watch
Bird of the day was a Black-throated diver on the sea together with 10 Gannets and 3 Great Crested Grebes and a single dark phase Arctic Skua but not the hoped for petrels that occur during prolonged strong winds this month. Counts on the ebb tide included the following:- 225 Ringed Plover, 270 Sanderling, 300 Dunlin, 64 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Whimbrel and best of all a Greenshank at Little Eye. The recent run of Black-tailed Godwits continues with 2 more sighted today. Amazingly after no Wheatears on the island all day, no less than 5 arrived at 17.00hrs, you never know just when things can happen!
(DB, + Matt Thomas)
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