Wader counts over both high tides were 424 Curlew, 393 Oystercatcher,
including returning adults ringed here in 1989 and 2000; 142 Redshank, 93
Dunlin, 37 Bar-tailed Godwit, 26 Ringed Plover, 18 Whimbrel, 12 Grey Plover, six
Greenshank, two Sanderling and a Common Sandpiper. About a third of the c.115
Sandwich Tern present were juveniles and of the adults, three were ringed at Lady’s
Island, Co Wexford and one from Wales . Yesterday’s Roseate Tern again graced both
tides, 7 Common Tern, including 2 or 3 ‘first-summers’ and 5 Mediterranean Gull.
A juvenile Black-headed Gull was the
first recovery on site of a bird ringed in Belgium .
At sea, two Arctic Skua chased Kittiwakes and terns, and a Shoveler
in off was the first to return.
Overhead, six Swallow, five Swift and a single Sand Martin.
Migrants elsewhere were two Willow Warbler, two Wheatear and
a single Sedge Warbler.
Wildlife news: plenty of Brown Argus still on the wing and
two Red Admiral.
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