Spotted Flycatcher in the trapping area
This morning 6 Wheatears at the lifeboats station. In the trapping area a Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Wheatear, a handful each of Willow Warblers and Common Whitethroats, 9 Tree Sparrows, 2 Marsh Harriers and a Common Buzzard were the highlights.
Swallows, House & Sand Martins behind Plodland
From home once again myriads of Swallows, House and Sand Martins joined by at least 5 Swifts.A couple of hours scanning the skies towards the power station saw good numbers of raptors, 4 Marsh Harriers, 6+ Common Buzzards, 4+ Sparrowhawks, 2 Kestrels, a Peregrine and a Hobby and a frustratingly distant view made worse by the heat haze of a probable Honey Buzzard heading towards The Point. I made the mistake of not doing an afternoon sea watch due the hordes of holiday makers around the beach and duly missed an out going Montagu's Harrier.
The numbers below kindly supplied by a happy AJG.
14.30-15.45 from the fishing boats:
Montagu's Harrier. Adult female 200m offshore heading down at 1450Great Skua 1 down
Arctic Skua 1 down
Gannet 27 down
Sandwich Tern 188 down
Kittiwake 1 down
Guillemot 1 on sea
Swallow at Plodland
Yellow Wagtail at Plodland
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