Very thick, very wet fog covered the island throughout
the morning but I still blundered round the Obs census route and there were a
few migrants around with my first Sandwich
Tern of the year heard calling in the fog out in Nouster before it came
close enough to see and a few birds around the coast and at Holland including 8
Goldcrests, 11 Redwings, 25+ Blackbirds, a Mistle Thrush, a Robin and a smart
male Snow Bunting by Gretchen.
The
weather cleared up by early afternoon and before a band of rain moved in there
were a pair of Sandwich Terns mating on Gretchen (bit early for that sort of
thing!) but after the rain it was a pleasant early evening with a few more
birds having dropped in with a Wheatear and a Black Redstart by the pier while with the improved visibility I
could see that the drake Green-winged
Teal had reappeared on Gretchen (last seen on the 18th – I guess
I’m only assuming it’s the same bird!) and Golden Plover were up to 355, a big
increase!
Wheatear on the pier in the evening
Snow Bunting
Red-throated Diver
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