As I drove past the ARC car park early morning 2 Glossy Ibis flew over the road appearing to drop into Boulderwall, when I got to the beach this mornings sea watch carried on in the same vein as the last few days, lots of Gannets, Common and Sandwich Terns, 10+ Arctic Skuas and a few Balearic Shearwaters. A Marsh Harrier and a Merlin in off the sea were notable with another Merlin in off this afternoon.
A mid morning breakfast was interrupted by a call from JY about a Pectoral Sandpiper in front of Hanson, a few minutes later I was watching it in a deluge.
A check of the Jurys Gap field found 28 Golden Plover, 2 Ruff and 10 Yellow Wagtails but no Dotterel or AGP.
Another sea watch this afternoon was the same as this morning.
The Red-backed Shrike was reported on the reserve today, JD re-found the the one by the Long Pits this afternoon. A late afternoon look on the reserve saw 2 of the 10 Glossy Ibis's at Boulderwall, while on Burrowes 2 Ruff and 4 Common Sandpipers were the pick of a poor bunch.
Pectoral Sandpiper at the ARC in front of Hanson during one of todays deluges
Great White Egret in front of Hanson
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