I recieved an e mail from Chris Ingram who was on Tory yesterday. He reported the following;
Went to Tory yesterday, here is the list:
Red-throated Diver 1 on crossing
Gannet
Fulmar 1 on crossing
Cormorant
Shag
Mute Swan 2 on east lake, 2 on west lake
Whooper Swan 2 on east lake
Greylag 5 in east end - these are some of the 7 geese that Anton mentioned.
Mallard
Wigeon 2 on west lake
Teal male on west lake
Eider 14+ offshore
Sparrowhawk 1 female which has eaten Anton's resident blackbird!
Oystercatcher
Ringed Plover
Lapwing 6+ with birds displaying
Turnstone
Redshank
Curlew
Snipe 2
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black Back
Lesser Black Back
Iceland Gull 1- 1st winter
Rock Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Wren
Stonechat 1 male on lighthouse road
Starling
Chough
Raven
Hooded Crow
34 Species
Regards Chris
Stonechat is new and was not recorded in 2011 and 2012 on Tory. It was a scarce migrant between 1959 and 1964 -the last time there was a Tory island bird report.
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