Weather: NNW force 5, easing 3/4 by late evening with the lake district visible
A quiet day with no warblers present nor small migrants of any kind if we exclude the 4 Goldfinches hanging about.
The main interest came with seeing the winter visitors heading north, there were 62 Brent today, possibly all that are still with us, likewise 4 Purple Sandpipers, but we have been fooled before. Sea bird arrivals feeding today were 70 Gannets and 279 Sandwich Terns, always a delight around the island.
Two of the scarcer Arctic Terns were also noted. Flocks of Common Scoter, about 1,500 were flying east, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers and a Great Crested Grebe wer part of a sea watch. A lot of the waders are thinking of going north now like the 95 Turnstone and 35 Ringed Plover. In the evening there were 7 Eiders present at sunset.
Photos AEH, SRW
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