A couple of season-firsts for me on and over the sea, with four
Red-breasted Mergansers and a
Red-throated Diver passing. Also moving were two
Mute Swans, a
Common Scoter, an unidentified
auk, 170
Gannets and 14
Common Gulls, while a
Great Crested Grebe was close inshore. A
Lapwing called from somewhere on the beach before a
Carrion Crow betrayed its presence and pushed it off northwest. Three
Reed Buntings flew over, along with 46
Meadow Pipits, two
Siskins and
Grey Wagtail. Two
Grey Plovers on the beach were my first of the season for the patch, with 27
Sanderlings (four 1CYs), nine
Turnstones, 13
Ringed Plovers and four
Dunlin also present. Also noted were two
Chiffchaffs, 35
Pied/White Wagtails, 20
Linnets, 10
Skylarks, a
Grey Heron and five
Mediterranean Gulls.
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