Cool, cloudy, showers, SW 4 - It was perfect weather conditions and time of year this morning for Balearic Shearwaters passing down-Channel, and so it proved to be with Jacob having recorded 24 during the first three hours. From the fishing boats I managed to connect with four distant birds, plus one that came much closer as it sheared round the point. Also of note, a Little Tern in amongst several hundred passage Sandwich and Common Terns, a trickle of close Gannets, a Fulmar and several Arctic Skuas rampaging offshore.
From Hanson hide, during a heavy shower, the full range of dabbling ducks took advantage of suitable feeding conditions; mostly Mallard, Teal, Gadwall and Shoveler, plus a pair of Pintail and a Garganey. The only wader present was a lone Little Stint, until five Snipes dropped in, while on Burrowes 50 plus Redshanks and 20 Ringed Plovers were grounded by the rain. A check of Lade for a reported Red-necked Grebe from yesterday drew a blank, but did produce only my second record of Cattle Egret on a distant island.
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