Sunday, 13 April 2025

Sunday 13th April

A continuing trickle of migrants was headlined by a male Redstart around the Main Pond this afternoon with nine Chiffchaff, four Blackcap, three Willow Warbler, two Whitethroat and single Reed Warbler and Wheatear also on site. Overhead there were 25 Sand Martin, seven Swallow, four Jackdaw, two Rook and a Chaffinch.  

Counts from the estuary included 36 Whimbrel on the evening tide after just 12 in the morning, 24 Bar-tailed Godwit, nine Dunlin, eight Sanderling and Turnstone, seven Dark and two Pale-bellied Brent Geese, five Ringed Plover, a Greenshank and a Knot.

Offshore 35 Manx Shearwater, 11 Red-throated and four Great Northern Diver, eight Sandwich Tern, the three Eider, three Fulmar and a Red-breasted Merganser.

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