Weather: ESE force 1 mostly sunny
With some south and east in the wind hopes were for a few migrants but numbers were meagre. A single Willow Warbler was here singing near the obs, a flava (yellow) Wagtail made itself known, 2 White Wagtails arrived and 2 Jackdaws and a Woodpigeon showed up. One of the 2 Greenland Wheaters was caught for ringing.
Resident species included 22 Linnets, 8 Meadow Pipits, 6 Rock Pipits, 4 Wrens, 2 Blackbirds and in the obs garden, a Robin.
Eight Swallows flew over the island, No Goldfinches today but a Siskin and 6 Redpolls were recorded. Before the tide the female Long-tailed duck was pleasingly still here despite the Saturday flushing. Two female Eiders were todays quotient, but there was a nil count of Brent today. Sawbills numbered 7 Goosanders and 6 Red-breasted Mergansers. 'Seabirds' included 220 Common Scoter, 11 Red-throated Divers, 25 Razorbills, 8 Guillemots, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Common and 90 Sandwich Terns.
There were 22 Curlew and a good increase in Whimbrel today, 13 birds.
Once again the 3,000 or so Black-tailed Godwit sat on the sands. There were 85 Ringed Plover, 35 Turnstone, 2 Sanderling, a single lingering Purple Sandpiper and 850 Dunlin.
Ringed; 1 Greenland Wheatear
Photos SRW
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