After the flurry of activity the previous day a trip to Holme was a little dissapointing in some aspects. High tide at Gore point revealed a lot of waders, with counts of 6000+ Knot, 500+ Grey Plovers, 300 Bar-tailed Godwits, 255 Ringed Plovers, 220 Sanderlings, 60 Dunlin, 40 Turnstones and 110 Oystercatchers. During the morning 14+ Arctic Skuas were noted, as well as a superb adult Pomarine Skua close inshore east past Gore point, 25 Gannets, 20 Common Terns (3 juvs), 70 Sandwich Terns (6 juvs), 1 Little Tern, 2 Red-throated Divers east, 8 Great-crested Grebes, 12 Shoveler west, 3 Pintails west, 60 Common Scoter and 55 Teal. Visible passage was more noticeable, with 1 Tree Pipit west, 250 Swallows west, 2 Skylarks west, 50 Meadow Pipits west and 21 Snipe west, while other waders consisted of 6 Greenshanks and 8 Whimbrel. The dunes were dissapointing, although 2 Wheatears, 6 Turtle Doves (2 juvs) and a selection of common warblers, consiting of 11 Whitethroats, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 4 Blackcaps and 4 Willow Warblers, were noted.
Picture © Ray Roche.
Moths trapped included a single White Point, while a count of 100+ Migrant Hawkers was noteworthy.Picture © Ray Roche.
A stop at Hunstanton revealed a single Mediterranean Gull on the school playing field.
Picture © Ray Roche.
