11th June 2016

Another overcast day, with a very little easterly breeze and a heavily overcast skies. A total of 71 Common Scoters were recorded on the seawatch, together with ten Manx Shearwaters, 42 Sandwich Terns, one Common Tern and three Arctic Terns.

North Marsh attracted a drake Shoveler and a Bar-headed Goose, with a drake Teal and a Little Ringed Plover visiting Thornwick Pools. A lone Bar-tailed Godwit flew past South Landing, whilst a Green Sandpiper dropped in on the Outer Head. The Redwing remained at North Landing, with a Grasshopper Warbler reeling on the Outer Head new.

West of the Dykes, there were five Tufted Duck on Buckton Pond.

Bar-headed Goose, North Marsh, by Brett Richards
Bar-headed Goose, North Marsh, by Brett Richards