Pallas's Warbler
Saturday 15 September 2012
There were 63 juvenile Gannets north and 73 different, mainly older, birds south. Nearly everything else was passing to the south hence 73 Sandwich Terns, 8 Common Terns, 17 Cormorants, one Shag, 3 Red-throated Divers, one Fulmar, 3 Common Scoters, 4 Shelducks and 66 Pink-footed Geese. Another Red-throated Diver was on the sea along with 7 Guillemots, and 2 Arctic Skuas were harrying terns offshore. The only waders were 22 Curlews, 4 Oystercatchers, one Bar-tailed Godwit and one Dunlin. Best sightings on the landward side were 4 Willow Warblers, 2 Common Whitethroats, one Rock Pipit, one Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30 Golden Plovers, 7 Kestrels and one Common Buzzard. 170 Swallows flew south.
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