Saturday, 12 April 2025

Saturday 12th April

The first three Whitethroat of the year arrived with other migrants including two Reed and a Willow Warbler on site and nine Swallow and a Sand Martin flew through.  

Counts from the estuary included 417 Oystercatcher37 Curlew24 Bar-tailed Godwit12 Redshank11 Whimbrel10 Sanderling, nine Dunlin, six Turnstonefour Grey and a Ringed Plover, a Greenshank and a Knot. Peak counts were mostly on the morning tide with a Pale-bellied Brent Goose in the evening. 

Offshore two Manx Shearwater flew south late evening, with 103 Black-headed Gull, eight Sandwich Tern, four Great Crested Grebe, four Great Northern and three Red-throated Diver, three Eider and two Common Scoter.

Year list addition:
125. Whitethroat

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