Thursday 26 July 2018

It was another beautiful day today, with the sun shining from start to finish, temperatures soared making almost any activity tiring. However, census conducted today produced some brilliant passage considering we have yet to finish July! A Sparrowhawk and Kestrel were today’s raptor migrants, both of which were seen hanging around the Mountainside.

There was a good amount of activity noted on the Narrows today in total a Ringed Plover, eight Lapwings, three Dunlins, a Snipe, 15 Curlews, five Redshanks, three Common Sandpipers and six Turnstones were recorded, the largest movement we’ve seen since spring. Two Sandwich Terns were the highlight of a brief watch out to sea.

Instead the most significant passage was noted inland. The juvenile Cuckoo was once again present, whilst hirundine passage was made up of five Sand Martins, 132 Swallows and 31 House Martins. The first signs of chat passage consisted of two Robins and a Black Redstart. Another good day for warblers as well today, a Grasshopper Warbler, three Sedge Warblers, three Whitethroats, a Blackcap, a Chiffchaff and 16 Willow Warblers were logged.

With the settled weather we've seen endless hoards of Jellyfish scattered around the coastline of the island, this Compass Jellyfish was photographed in Cafn ©Ben Porter


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