A bright,breezy day and at St. Marys a scarce visitor these days in the form of a Stonechat, feeding from a fence line . Having bred here in the past this species took a real hit over the last few hard winters and is a rare visitor now.
12 Whimbrel noted , including one with 43 curlews in the fields. 11 flew south. A Red throated Diver still sporting a nice red throat on the sea. Gannets and Terns in good numbers offshore and a flock of 20 Common Soter. A few Turnstones ,Sanderling and Dunlin on the beach. Reed Warbler singing at the pond.
At Holywell, Greenshank ,2 Green Sands and a Dunlin feeding on the mud and a pair of fledged Common Terns in front of the public hide. A juv Marsh Harrier seen again, flying west.
AS Jack.