Overcast and very calm in
the morning so we made an early start to carry out the annual Black Guillemot
count – we ended up on 792 birds (c50 down on last year but still a very high
count). There was some migration going
on as well while I was out counting with a Woodpigeon in off the sea, numerous
Greylag flocks heading out and coming back in again and a couple of Curlew
flocks heading north; 12 Great-northern Divers were off the south end.
Walked the middle census route in the afternoon where
there were a few migrants scattered around including 2 Goldcrest, 8 Wheatears
(c60 for the day – the first notable arrival), 5 Sandwich Terns off The Links,
a Woodcock, 30 Meadow Pipits, 15 Robins and a Chiffchaff. Opened the nets in the evening and ended up
with about 30 new birds, mainly Blackbirds but a also a young female
Sparrowhawk, a Goldcrest and a Dunnock.
Sparrowhawk
Goldcrest
Chaffinch
Linnet
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