Tuesday 1 May 2012

Terns and the Lighthouse Garden

Sea Watch totals for this morning  myself and TG et al:
Red-throated Diver: 2E
Black-throated Diver: 13E
Fulmar: 7E
Gannet: 92E
Brent Geese: 2E
Tufted Duck: 4E
Gadwall: 1E
Common Scoter: 674E
Velvet Scoter: 16E
Whimbrel: 21E
Bar-tailed Godwit: 27E
Little Tern:12E
Commic Tern: 3372E
Arctic Tern: 41
Sandwich Tern:42E
Black Tern:  12E
Little Gull: 6E
Great skua: 1E
Arctic Skua: 12E
Pomarine Skua: 12E
The Terns were passing so fast and on such a broad front, low and high that probably many were missed and separating Common and Arctic was near impossible. 



The Lighthouse garden was full of migrants this morning including a singing Melodious Warbler found by DW. Also in there was a male Common Redstart, a Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Willow Warblers, a Sedge Warbler, 3+ Blackcaps and Common Whitethroat.
Around The Point 14+ Northern Wheatears, 2 Whinchats, 2 Pied flycatchers, 2 Spotted flycatchers, 4+ Common Redstarts, 2 Black Redstarts, 4+ Yellow Wagtails over and a few Hirundines.

1 comment:

  1. Great shots of the Melodious Martin, Ortolan yesterday, what will delight you tomorrow on that patch.

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