Some of the Bar-tailed Godwits that flew past the sea watch hide today
This Little Egret was a bit of a surprise this afternoon flying past the sea watch hide
A very cool miserable day with a strong NE wind meant most of my time was spent staring out to sea with Jacob. We logged 5 Manx Shearwaters, 3 Black-throated Divers, a Pomarine Skua, a Bonxie, 6 Arctic Skuas, nearly 600 Bar-tailed Godwits, 250 Arctic Terns, 25 Little Gulls etc so it was a good watch, though there were long periods in the middle of the day when very little was happening.
I did visit Hanson Hide and was pleased to see more islands becoming visible though the only waders present were a Ringed plover and Lapwing, the Willow Trail is now dry but is still blocked due to ongoing works, hopefully it will open fully very soon. A quick visit to Burrowes was disappointing though some Sand Martins were taking an interest in the Sand Martin wall by the visitor centre, there was no sign of the Long-tailed Duck but it could have moved to the New Diggings. With much lighter winds in the forecast for the coming week hopefully we can look forward to to some passerines around the peninsula and some waders on the lakes and hay fields.
A couple of the Yellow Wagtail images from Scotney I tried to post the other day
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