The headline bird/s for this week was not one but two different Kittiwakes, with an adult bird dropping in for most of the day yesterday and another one today. Initially I assumed today's bird would be the same as yesterday, but when John started reviewing photos it was clearly a different individual with no grey on the ear coverts. With one back in January, having three different birds now seems a bit greedy! Other than that there was a load of incoming spring migrants to enjoy.
In general news, the female Mute Swan starting egg laying and by the end of the week is sitting tight on at least two eggs. There's been plenty of Sand Martins passing through (including 60+ on a few days) and numbers of Swallows building up with several seen on Saturday and a group of c.15 today.
Monday afternoon Kev found our first Yellow Wagtail of the year, a really early record for us, and a Little Ringed Plover also present. The Yellow Wagtail was still there Tuesday morning (and I assume the same bird actually around all week) and Mike P had 40 Common Gulls.
Wednesday lunchtime Mike P had our first Dunlin and Wheatear of the year and later John had our first Willow Warbler and 150 Common Gulls.
Ian found our first Blackcap of the year on Thursday and confirmed the Dunlin was still around. Friday morning he had 2 Blackcaps and Sandra B saw our first House Martin of the year and a Wheatear in the Cattle Field. Clare Curnow also had a Wheatear near the Borrow Pit pool and a Peregrine over.
Saturday morning Adrian T had our first Sedge Warbler, and another House Martin. Later in the morning Ian had our first Common Tern and found that day's Kittiwake. At least one White Wagtail was seen whilst we were enjoying views of the Kittiwake.
This morning the Common Tern was still around. John picked up today's Kittiwake drop in at just gone 9:30 and both Yellow and White Wagtail were seen. This evening there was 2 Yellow and possibly 2 White Wagtails.
There was also an Arctic Tern reported today but so far no one knows who saw it or reported it, if it was you or you know who saw it please let us know.
A very enjoyable week! Cheers for all the new sightings and updates throughout.
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