Balearic Shearwater:

Balearic Shearwater

06.00-08.45 from the sea watch hide with AJG who collated the numbers:
Teal: 1 down
Shoveler: 2 down
Common Scoter: 2 up
Fulmar: 1 up
Balearic Shearwater: 1 around
Gannet: 78 around
Oystercatcher: 1 up
Dunlin 3 up
Common Sandpiper: 2 around
Great Skua: 1 up
Sandwich Tern: 263 around
Common Tern: 11 around
Willow Warbler: 4+ by perimeter wall
Chiffchaff: 1+ by perimeter wall
Wheatear: 1 by perimeter wall

Balearic Shearwater

On the reserve an influx of Common Sandpipers late afternoon with 14 on the ARC and at least 8 on Burrowes, also 26 Black-tailed Godwits, 36 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Redshanks, 2 Greenshanks, 6 Ringed Plovers, the Pectoral Sandpiper still present, 3+ Garganey, 6+ Great white Egrets and still plenty of Swallows, Sand and House Martins along with all the eclipse wildfowl.

 A somewhat worn Ni Moth from last night