An Arctic Tern was offshore with just four Sandwich Tern along with 40 Gannet, eight Eider (five female, two adult and an immature male), four Manx Shearwater, two Common Scoter and two Great Northern Diver.
Counts from the estuary included 44 Whimbrel, 17 Bar-tailed Godwit, 13 Dunlin, two Dark-bellied Brent Geese, two Redshank, single Great Crested Grebe, Knot and Red-breasted Merganser and a lost Common Scoter that flew low over The Bight.
The first Lesser Whitethroat of the year was the pick of the migrants with other counts including 11 Chiffchaff, five Blackcap, four Whitethroat, two Reed and a Willow Warbler and a Wheatear with six Swallow, a Sand Martin and a Siskin overhead.
Year list addition:
135. Lesser Whitethroat
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