A very quiet start to the early morning was enlivened by a Marsh Harrier drifting north high over the east hoyle and sending up all the Oystercatchers.
As the morning warmed up the breeze turned more to the south east and immediately a few things appeared. The odd Willow Warbler arrived (5 during the morning).
Two Grey Wagtails called overhead while on the ground were 3 Pied Wagtails and a White Wagtail.
Three Swallows came through feeding and a couple of Robins were here. Even before these arrivals a Wheatear had been briefly near the north end early on.
Shelduck today totalled 40 while 2 male Scoter also favoured the north end of the island.
Despite the recent discovery of a dead Shag, there were 3 still associating together at the north end.
Another group of 3 were 3 Grey Herons standing on the ridge soon after dawn.
Six Little Egrets fed around the on the ebb tide where records of 60 Ringed Plover, 40 Dunlin, 30 Redshank, 2 Sanderling and 45 Turnstone were logged. A single Bar-tailed Godwit was on the east hoyle and shortly afterwards a flock of 10 flew east towards the north shore tide edge. The female Kestrel surveyed the scene from the top of the flagpole where it proceeded to regurgitate a pellet.
Ringed: 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Robin, 1 Linnet, 1 Rock Pipit.
The juvenile Rock Pipit joined a long list of colour ringed birds in our study on the island. Red Admirals numbers increased to a count of 23 as the temperature rose.
Photos AEH
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