At Long Nab today although the
waders were still moving but in smaller numbers the highlight today was a
record movement of Swifts, all the waders were moving south again except for
four Turnstones that went north. The count today was 31 Oystercatcher, a Golden
Plover, a Grey Plover, 34 Whimbrel, 16 Turnstone, 230 Knot, 2 Dunlin and 3
Redshank plus a Common Scoter (N), 2 Manx Shearwaters (1 S, 1 N), 2 juvenile
Mediterranean Gulls (1 N, 1 S), 163 Sandwich Terns (116 S, 47 N), 3 Common Tern
(S), a Great Skua (N), 5 Puffins (S) and an astonishing 4,264 Swifts went south before mid-day (well counted guys!!!).
Also today in Cornelian Bay 2
Eider, 6 Knot, 5 Whimbrel, 12 Curlew, 25 Oystercatchers, 2 Common Terns and c30
Sandwich Terns while at the same location 12 Knot, 9 Whimbrel and 3 Turnstone
flew to the south. Harwood Dale Lake had 12 Mandarin Duck, a Snipe and a Common
Sandpiper and Johnson’s Marsh had a Green
Sandpiper.
A Minke Whale was also seen today off Long Nab, it was moving south
at 08.30 about 2.5 miles out.
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