11th and 12th June
Another similar couple of
days with light westerly winds and cloud cover coming and going; an early
morning seawatch produced most of the highlights on the 11th with an
unprecedented flock of 55 Common Scoters past
the hide the pick (more than double the previous island record count!). Also passing during the two hours were 36
Manx Shearwaters, 2 Storm Petrels, 2 Red-throated Divers, 3 Great-northern
Divers, 195 Gannets, 45 Puffins and 1,544 Auk sp.
A Quail was again singing
in the Kirbest area while the only other migrants included the lingering
Chiffchaffs in Holland and a Willow Warbler around the Obs.
A fully spooned, adult Pomarine Skua was a bit of a surprise
past the seawatch hide late afternoon on the 12th while other birds
included a group of 6 Common Scoter in Nouster Bay, 2
Black-tailed Godwits on Gretchen which included a French colour ringed bird, 5
Collared Doves still at Holland and the Chiffchaffs and Willow Warbler still.
Arctic Tern
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