Green Sandpipers increase

8th August 2008 - bright and sunny/calm
Offshore
A quick check offshore (0630-0715) produced 30 Gannet, 20 Sandwich Tern, 5 Common Scoter, 2 Arctic Tern, 2 Kittiwake and single Fulmar and pale phase Arctic Skua.
Grounded Migrants
A Cuckoo remains and 30 Willow Warbler were new in along with 7 Whitethroat, 3 Sedge Warbler and a Garden Warbler.
Wildfowl and Waders
Waders included 3 Green Sandpiper, 6 Greenshank and a Whimbrel.
Breeding Birds
Stonechat second broods are now beginning to fledge.
Miscellaneous
At least one Little Egret remains.