Easterly weather continued with clear warm skies producing some Tern passage of the West Coast with 15 Arctic Terns, three Common Terns and 15 Sandwich Terns. A good showing of Waders saw 16 Ringed Plovers, seven Purple Sandpipers, 11 Dunlins, a Snipe, a Bar-tailed Godwit, three Whimbrels, 46 Curlews, 11 Redshanks, a Greenshank, a Common Sandpiper and 23 Turnstones. Passerines were highlighted with six Tree Pipits and a Pied Flycatcher. Ringing at Cristin produced Grasshopper Warbler and Garden Warbler, with two Spotted Flycatchers caught in the Withies.
Garden Warbler © Ed Betteridge |
Grasshopper Warbler © Ed Betteridge |
The non-avian highlight of the day were five Harbour Porpoises, 15 Common Dolphins, 15 Risso's Dolphins, 15 Painted Ladies and three Hummingbird Hawkmoths.
Archer's Dart, only the second island record! © Ed Betteridge |
Other birds included 365 Gannets, nine Grey Herons, two Teals, four Common Scoter, five Sparrowhawks, a Kestrel, four Mediterranean Gulls, a Common Gull, 16 Black-headed Gulls, a Sand Martin, five Grey Wagtails, four White Wagtails, 10 'Alba' Wagtails, 23 Robins, a Sedge Warbler, two Garden Warblers, four Blackcaps, four Whitethroats, 66 Willow Warblers, 20 Goldcrests, nine Spotted Flycatchers and a Siskin.
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