The last two weeks got us only one Whinchat, so quite a surprise to see so many this week, we expected a few more but not numbers like this
We are on the watch this morning as we have a family do to get back by lunch time.
So with that in mind we knock the trip to the stork on the head & spend all morning here.
A scan of the sea gets us a tick when a Great Skua knocks into a Gannet & pinches it's catch & had a go at drowning it, the Gannet got lucky & managed to escape.
Common & Sandwich Tern pass by along with a few Kittiwake, one single Common Scoter seen amongst loads of Gannets, a Yellow- legged Gull passes by as well.
A fellow in the hide who works at the obs tells us what the count was on the Yellow wags so our own estimate was a little short.
Back down by the lighthouse in the garden Brian spots a Pied Flycatcher from the car, a quick walk around the garden soon gets us onto the flycatcher & we are able to get a few other people onto it as it sits back down on the fence.
We all needed this for a year tick so a good spot by Brian. Whitethroat & Willow warbler seen in good numbers, we then pick out 3 Black Redstart before it's off for a quick look in Hanson hide looking over arc pit we see 3 Wood sandpipers 1 Little stint a couple of Ringed Plover.
Now for a quick drive home to be in time for the family get together.
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| Rear view of Whinchat |
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| Whinchat |
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| Black Redstart |
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| So many & all I get is this crap photo of one |
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