A Few Migrants!

After a drizzly start a beautifully warm spring day on the peninsular.

06.45-09.30 from the sea watch hide with AJG who collated the numbers:

Brent Goose: 752 E

Shelduck: 3 E

Pintail: 8 E

Wigeon: 3 E

Teal: 5 E

Common Scoter: 15 E

Goldeneye: 2 E

Red-breasted Merganser: 2 E

Red-throated Diver: 17 E

Fulmar: 2 E

Gannet: 44 E

Great White Egret: 1 in just before I arrived!

Oystercatcher: 31 E

Grey Plover: 1 E

Knot: 2 E

Dunlin: 17 E

Bar-tailed Godwit: 19 E

Curlew: 1 E

Whimbrel: 1 E

Mediterranean Gull: 3 E

Sandwich Tern: 2 E

Meadow Pipit: 1 in

Alba Wagtail: 1 in

At the observatory a Firecrest and a Chiffchaff put in a brief appearance in the garden. A walk around the trapping area and Long Pits found 4 more Chiffchaffs, 9 Meadow Pipits over and a few Reed Buntings.

 Hayfield 3 looking good for migrant waders, surely a matter of days before the first Garganey drops in.

 One of 2 White Wagtails at Springfield Bridge

A wander round the hayfields this afternoon found 2 White Wagtails with a mix flock of Pied Wagtails and Reed Buntings at Springfield Bridge. On hayfield 3 a Little-ringed Plover, 4 Redshank, 2 Shelduck, a Great White Egret and a Little Egret.

Part of a flock of 340 past the fishing boats this afternoon.

The highlight of an hour at the fishing boats this afternoon was a flock of 340 Brent Geese, 3 Shelduck and 5 Common Scoter!