Sunday 1 April 2012

Clear weather overhead and marine trickle

Heysham Obs
Nothing dramatic this morning with about 4000 less night migrants than yesterday at Portland (one Chiffchaff)

Vis by the office 0700-0945
Lesser Redpoll - 14 NE (5 ringed)
Meadow Pipit - 47 NE (2 ringed)
alba Wagtail - 11 NE
Goldfinch - c8 NE (1 ringed)
Chaffinch - 2 NE
Linnet - 7 NE
Greenfinch - unringed bird caught

Grounded
Chiffchaff - 1 (1 ringed)

Sea - two short checks early am, quick check at lunchtime
Sandwich Tern - 26 (7 inshore around buoys)
Kittiwake - flock of 8 north, 2 out together at lunchtime
Red-throated Diver - 5 (4 on, one in)
Eider - 90-100 at lunchtime
Loads of large gulls out there at low tide - still chance of an Iceland - keep checking off Morecambe!