Friday 27 April 2018

 Pied Flycatcher found by DW at the top of the Long Pits
I took an hour out of the sea watch to see this bird now sadly a scarce migrant on the peninsular.
An early start in anticipation of the S Easterly wind producing the birds, sadly expectations were not met.
05.15 - 15.15 OL, AJG, DS et al
Eider: 1E
Common Scoter: 483E.   10 W
Velvet Scoter: 6E
Red-breasted Merganser: 4E
Red-throated Diver: 16E   2W
Great-crested Grebe: 36 around
Fulmar: 8W
Manx Shearwater: 7E    4W
Gannet: 420W.    192E
Cormorant: 61 flew out at dawn
Oystercatcher: 6E   9W
Sanderling: 17E
Whimbrel:55E
Bar-tailed Godwit: 103E
Turnstone: 1E
Great Skua: 11E
Arctic Skua: 13E
Black-headed Gull: present n/c
Mediterranean Gull: 1W
Common Gull: present n/c
Herring Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull present n/c
Little Gull: 2E
Kittiwake: 64E
Sandwich Tern: 537E
Common/Arctic Tern: 804E
Little Tern: 4E
Guillemot: 11 around
Auk sp: 43W   18E
Swallow: 2 in
Harbour Porpoise: 4+
Brown Hare opposite Jarmans early morning
The only news from the reserve was the Cattle Egret still present and 3 Common Sandpipers on Burrowes.

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