21st and 22nd April
A couple of days dominated by strong, cold westerlies so
highlights were hard to come by; there was plenty of sunshine with only a few
nasty, little showers to worry about on the 21st and while the first
Arctic Tern of the year in Nouster
was the standout bird of the day there was little else to shout about.
The
drake Garganey was by himself on
Ancum, the 2 Whooper Swans remained, 3 lovely breeding plumaged Black-tailed
Godwits floated around and 359 Golden Plover were counted while landbirds were
represented by 36 Wheatears, a Swallow, 7 Redwings, a Chiffchaff and 6 Snow
Buntings.
Black Guillemot, photo Simon Davies
It
was still bright and breezy the following day with highlights even harder to
come by; fluctuating wader numbers proved to be the most interesting feature
with 95 Sanderling on The Links a notable increase along with 2 Black-tailed
Godwits and 2 Whimbrel while 4 Great-northern Divers were offshore, 45
Wheatears were an increase and a single Snow Bunting remained.
Bar-tailed Godwit, photo Simon Davies
High winds, high waves, high Eiders, photo Simon Davies
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