Short-eared Owl and early Whimbrel

Predictably quieter night migrant wise but another fairly hefty Meadow Pipit passage from first light and bits and bats over the sea whilst trying to connect with an ex-Rossall Puffin.

Vis mig 0600 - 10:30
Meadow pipit - 310
Skylark - late one North
Greylag - two doing a circuit
Swallow - 4
Sand Martin - 4
Chaffinch - 5
Linnet - 10
Redpoll - heard plus onalba Wagtail - 1
Goldfinch - 2

Grounded
Wheatear - 6
Blackcap - at least two new ones
Willow Warbler - at least 5 new ones
Short-eared Owl - one on reserve ‘plateau’
Chiffchaff - at least two new ones

Sea
Little Gull - ad in partial summer in with a small flock of BH Gull
Sandwich Tern - 5 in
Shag - 3cy by green post off HH at low tide
No sign any Brents
Eider n/c
Great crested Grebe - 15
Red- breasted Merganser - 5
Whimbrel - 2 in
Knot - 2700 on skeer then roosting heliport seawall

Harbour this evening

Guillemot enjoying the evening sunshine!

Rock Pipit - 2 feeding below the lighthouse