A very quiet morning on the island for observers staying over. Just a single Willow Warbler was caught and ringed during the morning although there were 5 Wheatears on, including one on Little Eye.
Sea-watching was again the order of the day with 28 Manx Shearwaters the highlight, plus 93 Common Scoter, 125 Gannet, 55 Common, 6 Little and an excellent count of 428 Sandwich Terns (including a couple roosting on the Whaleback with Oystercatchers) as well as an impressive 81 Guillemot and 2 Razorbill.
Two Greylag Geese flew over early on and the two immature drake Eiders remain around the island.
Two Greylag Geese flew over early on and the two immature drake Eiders remain around the island.
Waders were in evidence with 230 Dunlin, 8 Sanderling, 4 Ringed Plover, 7 Turnstone and 5 Whimbrel noted but the highlight of the day was a single flock of 92 summer plumaged Grey Plover which flew over the Obs and off high North (their wingbeats could be heard from some distance away); meanwhile 3 others were around the islands.
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