LP was covering some of the Headland sites and we also covered a number of sites with other observers. Small numbers of night migrants were seen included our first Willow Warbler for the year.
Red-throated Diver 68 E
Gannet c50 E
Canada Geese 4 E with 2 retuning W
Brent Goose 2,045 E
Pale-bellied Brent Goose 1 E
Shelduck 5 E
Scaup 8 E with Scoter
Eider 2 on the sea
Common Scoter 2,019 E
Velvet Scoter 56 E
Red-breasted Merganser 7 E
Peregrine 1
Little-ringed Plover 1 in off the sea @ 06.57.
Curlew 6 W
Arctic Skua 5 E
Mediterranean Gull 15 (3x1stW and 12 s/p ad's)
Little Gull 33 E
Black-headed Gull c50 E
Kittiwake c80 E
Sandwich Tern 164 E
Auk Sp. 2 E
Black Redstart 1 female type B/T wood
Wheatear 5
Chiffchaff 18 (most had moved on by mid-morning)
Willow Warbler 1
Firecrest 3
Large numbers of Brent Geese on the move today
Poor record shot of a pair of Eiders off Birling