26th and 27th May
A bright and sunny couple
of days with light winds remaining in the easterly quarter; there were few new
birds on the 26th with yesterdays Hawfinch
still around Holland the pick while other land migrants included 6 Woodpigeons,
a Black Redstart (again yesterdays bird), single Song Thrush and Redwing, 12
Sedge Warblers, a Garden Warbler, 10 Chiffchaffs and 2 Willow Warblers.
Other birds included 2 Manx Shearwaters offshore, 2
Barnacle Geese, a single drake Garganey and 2 Red-breasted Mergansers the pick
of the wildfowl and 2 Golden Plovers, 61 Knot, a Common Sandpiper and 245
Turnstone the pick of the waders.
A similar picture on the 27th with the
first Greenshank of the year over the Obs along
with 11 Black-tailed Godwits new in while the Pink-footed Goose, 3 Barnacle
Geese and 3 Garganey remained. It was
still quiet on the land with a House Martin, 2 Garden Warblers, 10 Chiffchaffs,
2 Willow Warblers and 3 Redpoll sp. the only birds of note.
Arctic Tern Simon Davies
Snipe Simon Davies
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