Another day where the sea proved more interesting than the
land where migrants were thin on the ground except for a good fall of Wheatear with well over one hundred
seen.
Other land migrants were singles of Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap,
Reed Warbler and a flyover Tree Pipit, six Willow Warbler, two Chiffchaff
and six Whitethroat, also a Peregrine, Kestrel and two Raven.
Hirundines started to appear around 07:30 and continued
until approximately 19:00, well over one thousand Swallow, twenty plus House
Martin and two Sand Martin, also
six Swift.
The sea saved the day with two sea watches, one first thing
and an evening one. These produced five hundred plus “comic” Tern with several feeding flocks of the
bill, two Great Skua, eight Arctic Skua and three Pomarine Skua, in addition, ninety
three Common Scoter, a Great Northern Diver, five Red-throated Diver, three Manx Shearwater, a Balearic Shearwater, two Shelduck,
two Bar-tailed Godwit and a Whimbrel.
A single Puffin
seen with the other Auks by the west cliffs.
Kestrel
Wheatear
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