Friday, 4 October 2013
Skokholm
The totals for the day came to a Grey Heron, five Mallard, two Buzzard, a Kestrel, a Merlin, three Water Rail, 15 Oystercatcher,
three Whimbrel, three Curlew, eight Turnstone, an adult Mediterranean
Gull, 11 Black-headed Gull, a
first-winter Common Gull, three Sandwich Tern, 28 Skylark, a Sand Martin,
280 Swallow, a House Martin, the Wryneck, 236 Meadow
Pipit, a Yellow Wagtail, 25 alba wagtail, 31 Robin,
21 Wheatear, two Grasshopper Warbler, three Sedge Warbler, 11 Blackcap, two Lesser Whitethroat, three Whitethroat,
55 Chiffchaff, two Willow Warbler, 22 Goldcrest, 19 Goldfinch,
48 Linnet and eight Reed Bunting. Lepidopteran highlights included a Vestal, a minimum of five Clouded Yellow and the fourth Delicate for Skok.