Strong north-westerly winds continued to dominate with the sea off the West Coast alive with birds moving south; in total 90 Gannets, 703 Kittiwakes, 468 Razorbills, a Storm Petrel, an Arctic Tern, six Sandwich Terns, two 'Commic' Terns, three Guillemots and four Manx Shearwaters went south during a 2 and a half hours from 0730. Elsewhere, two Common Sandpipers, a Sanderling and three Ringed Plovers were around the Narrows with a Grey Wagtail north, two Feral Pigeons pass, 14 White Wagtails and only three Chiffchaffs, a Goldcrest and a Blackcap in the bushes.
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The 21st Sanderling to be ringed on the Island was caught in the Solfach Heligoland trap, with this being the first since 2019 © Ed Betteridge |
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Sanderling © Ed Betteridge |
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