17th May 2017

For the first time in seemingly an age, significant rain fell in what turned out to be a very wet day. Seawatching produced 51 Common Scoters flying south, three Manx Shearwaters north, two Whimbrel south and 11 Sandwich Terns.

Elsewhere, Thornwick Pools attracted two Little Ringed Plovers and four Ringed Plovers, with single Whimbrel and Sanderling on South Landing beach. The undoubted highlight related to the sighting of a Serin at South Landing that then flew east towards the Lighthouse.

Lesser Black-backed Gull, Thornwick Pools, by Brett Richards
Sand Martin, Thornwick Pools, by Don Hustings