19 August, 2011

Lovely morning at the Gap. Lots of birds with nothing very spectacular but an excellent morning none the less. Early on a passage of swifts 120 in 15mins, with sand martins 50, swallows 20. Hedges full of whitethroat 55+. Some blackcap 5, lesser whitethroat 5, garden warbler 2, willow warbler 10, wheater 23, reed warbler 17, reed bunting 2, peregrine 2, sparrowhawk 1. Did not make it to Bailiffscourt,  a quick look at the beach produced; little tern 2.
Robin and blackbird numbers increasing