Cracking Day

Started with a short seawatch but it soon became apparent that there was little passing
2 Arctic Tern
14 Sandwich Tern
1 R.T.Diver
1 Manx Shearwater
6 Gannet
2 R.B.Merganser
40 Eider
8 Common Scoter
20 Swallows in dribs and drabs came in off.
Waders on the beach
10 Sanderling (one sporting a blue flag on its right leg).
40 Turnstone
3 Grey plover
40 Dunlin
29  Knot
40 Whimbrel
12 wheatears and 20 Linnet were feeding along the foreshore
Tip to Snab Point
Every bush seemed to have birds in
Willow Warbler 60
Whitethroat 4
Blackcap 7
Grasshopper Warbler 2
Sedge Warbler 4
Dunnock 6
Pied wagtail 6
Song thrush 2
1 Redstart
Whinchat 4
Wheatear 65
Pig Farm
16 Willow Warbler
2 Blackcap
Moving on down to South Walney and the observatory garden there were  birds everywhere the totals can be found on the Walney Bird Obs blog site