Calm and sunny
With winds dropping and generally good conditions I thought it may be a good migration day. I was not wrong:) Highlight of four hours of seawatching was my best Oystercatcher tjeld count since 2003 with over 1600 heading north. A Merlin dvergfalk headed the same way as did 12 Shelduck gravand. Smaller numbers of the usual early spring stuff also on the move. Unusually there were more Shag toppskarv flying the "wrong" way (ie. north) than normal at this time of year.
A Dunnock jernspurv singing on the way out to the lookout was the first of the year and a Common Crossbill grankorsnebb was the first I've seen for a few weeks. Redwings rødvingetrost have now also joined the dawn chorus - first I've heard singing after the huge arrival last week.
Red throated Diver smålom N 2
Great Northern Diver islom S 1
Northern Gannet havsule N 2, S 1
Great Cormorant storskarv N 27, S 2
Eurasian Shag toppskarv N 68, S 96 Uusally high number heading north today
Greylag Goose grågås N 11
Shelduck gravand N 12 A flock of 10 came swimming past before taking off and flying north
Eider ærfugl N 3, S 3
Long tailed duck havelle S 2
Common Scoter svartand N 9
Merganser siland N 8, S 7
Oystercatcher tjeld N 1626 My highest count since 2003. Wish I could have stayed longer:)
Eurasian Curlew storspove N 10
Common Gull fiskemåke N 217
Common Guillemot lomvi N 11
Razorbill alke N 18
Black Guillemot teist S 1
Atlantic Puffin lunde N 2
Auk N 48, S 5
Merlin dvergfalk N 1
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