Thursday 3rd July 2014

Another good day for passage saw the following, (south unless stated) 1 Red-throated Diver north, 1 Fulmar + 3 north, 1 Manx Shearwater, 5 Cormorant north, 49 Common Scoter north, 6 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 1Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel, 7 Curlew north, 1 Redshank, 2 Black-headed Gull + 12 north, 3 Common Gull + 2 north, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull north, 2 Great Black-backed Gull north, 3 Sandwich Tern north, 8 Puffin north, 1045 Swift + 18 north, 11 Sand Martin, 14 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 65 Starling north, 4 Goldfinch and 8 Linnet + 2 north.
The only other reports during the day were of 3 Eider feeding off Long Nab and a Hobby seen over Snainton.

Black-headed Gull on the move - Michael McNaghten

Good numbers of young Pied Wagtails along the coast - Michael McNaghten