RE was ringing in Whitbread Hollow and AR also visited the Hollow and Cow Gap area. RB also visited a number of sites on the Headland. Fairly quiet for night migrants, with the highlight being 5 Grasshopper Warblers, also small numbers of hirundines including 50 House Martins were seen in the Hollow.
Combined totals:
Gannet 50 off Cow Gap
Mute Swan 5 on the sea off Cow Gap
Sparrowhawk 3
Common Buzzard 5
Kestrel 1
Peregrine 2
Great-spotted Woodpecker 1
Swallow 25 (no count made from the Headland))
House Martin 50 (no count made from the Headland)
Robin 5+
Common Redstart 5 (1 Hollow and 4 Headland)
Whinchat 3 (1 Hollow and 2 Headland)
Wheatear 7 (1 Cow Gap and 6 Headland)
Grasshopper Warbler 5
Sedge Warbler 2
Reed Warbler 8
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Common Whitethroat 21 Hollow and Cow Gap (no count made on the Headland)
Blackcap 15 Hollow and Cow Gap
Chiffchaff 3 (1 Hollow and 2 Headland)
Willow Warbler 26 (6 Hollow and Cow Gap and 20 Headland)
Raven 1
Goldfinch 70 Cow Gap
Bullfinch 2 Hollow
Late news from yesterday afternoon after the rain had cleared: 10 Common Buzzards and 1 Pied Flycatcher in the Old Trapping Area.
