Skokholm
A cracking day of passage. Totals included ten Shelduck,
a 2cy female Merlin, a visiting
Peregrine additional to our resident
pair, a Ringed Plover, five Dunlin, a Bar-tailed Godwit, two Whimbrel, a Curlew, two Common Sandpiper, a Woodpigeon, a Collared Dove, 23 Swallow, four House Martin, the first two Ring Ouzel of the year, 57 Wheatear (the majority of which were
Northern birds), the first Tree Pipit of the year, the first Sedge Warbler of the year, 20 Blackcap, nine Whitethroat, four Chiffchaff, 72 Willow
Warbler, four Goldfinch and
seven Linnet. More on the blog.