Black Tern!

07.15-08.00 from the fishing boats:

Gannet: 24 up

Teal: 7 down

Common Scoter: 8 down

Brent Goose: 1 up

Arctic Skua: 2+ around

Common Tern: 46 up

Arctic Tern: 1 up

Sandwich Tern: 41 up

Swallow: 125 out

Meadow Pipit: 280 out

Alba Wagtail: 8 out

Grey Wagtail: 2 over

A leveret by the approach road

My usual wander around The Point and Desert saw 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrests, 2 Skylarks, c200 Meadow Pipits. c90 Swallows, a Merlin, 10 Kestrels, 2 Sparrowhawks and a Marsh Harrier hunting the trapping area, also a Hare.

At the observatory good numbers of Meadow Pipits and Chiffchaffs were trapped and processed.

Lunchtime at the ARC saw 1 Great White Egret, 1 Garganey, 3 Black-necked Grebes, 3 Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, c150 Golden Plover among c250 Lapwing, couple of squealing Water Rails  2 Cetti's Warblers and usual wildfowl.

5 Great White Egrets and the Glossy Ibis were seen from Hookers per MH.

This afternoon 14.50-16.20 from the fishing boats:

Gannet: 14 down

Brent Goose: 1 up

Dunlin: 1 down

Turnstone: 8 on beach 

Arctic Skua: 1 around

Little Gull: 1 down

Yellow-legged Gull: adult in roost

Black Tern: 1 down

Arctic Tern: 1 down

Common Tern: 37 down

Sandwich Tern:  56 down

Guillemot: 1 around 

 Black Tern at The Fishing Boats

 Sandwich Tern at the fishing boats

 Yellow-legged Gull near the fishing boats

A couple of Moths from last nights catch

 Barred Sallow

Sallow