Sea watch this morning by AJG showed some improvement on recent days.
06:15-08:15 from the fishing boats:
Common Scoter: 2E
Fulmar: 2W
Balearic Shearwater: 1W
Gannet: 181W
Cormorant: present n/c
Dunlin: 4E
Arctic Skua: 4W
Sandwich Tern: 328W
Common Tern: 106W
Short-eared Owl top of the Long Pits this morning
Most the morning was spent around the Long Pits, Desert and trapping area where of note there were c50 each of Common Whitethroat, Blackcap and Chiffchaffs, c10 Willow Warblers, c20 Lesser Whitethroats, 10+ Wheatear, c20 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 3 Black Redstarts, a single Common Redstart, 2 Great-spotted Woodpeckers, a Cuckoo, c15 Siskin, 3 Sparrowhawks, a Marsh Harrier and a Short-eared Owl. Also a steady trickle of Hirundines over.
Burrowes early morning was very disappointing with just a single Common Sandpiper of any note.
The ARC today continues to host the Glossy Ibis, 3 Black-necked Grebes, Great White Egrets, 3 Ruff and 4 Dunlin among the Golden Plover and Lapwing, also c50 Knot pushed off Lade Sands by the tide. At least 1 Cattle Egret remains around the hay fields. A sea watch from the boats this afternoon was very poor with the highlights being 2+ Grey Seals, 3+ Harbour Porpoises and an Arctic Skua as I left.
Whinchat top of the Long Pits this morning
Red Fox top of the Long Pits this morning
Chiffchaff
Willow Warblers
2 Great-spotted Woodpeckers
One of two Spotted Flycatchers
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Cattle Egret in hay field 1
The Glossy Ibis still present today, has now been present for a month
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