Chris Ingram

Theo and I was on Tory 8th,9th and 10th May. Richard Smith on 8th and 9th. Robert Vaughan and Eric and Hazel Dempsey were also there and will no doubt send you their sightings.

Whooper Swan  long stayer still on east lake each day

Greylag  up to 7 on west lakes

Brent Goose  2 on south lake on 10th

Mallard  female with 7 ducklings on east lake

Great Northern Diver  12-15 off east end

White-billed Diver  1 on 9th off east

Manx Shearwater  small but steady passage each day

Heron  1 in west on 10th

Merlin female present each day

Peregrine  1 on 9th

Corncrake  probably at least 10 singing males

Golden Plover  small numbers each day

Knot  2 at south lake on 10th

Dunlin  large numbers, probably up to 250 each day

Bar-tailed Godwit  2 on east beach each day

Whimbrel  maximum of 16 on 9th

Common Sandpiper  1 on 8th and 9th

Great Skua  2 over west on 8th and singles offshore on 9th and 10th

Black-headed Gull  30+ at colony on north lake

Iceland Gull  2nd year bird still present

Arctic Tern  up to 10 each day

Collared Dove  1 present each day in east

Swift  1 in east on 10th

Chough  2 pairs

Wood Warbler  1 feeding on east beach on 9th

Chiffchaff  up to 4

Willow Warbler  1 on 9th and 10th

Sedge Warbler  3/4 birds singing

White Wagtail  up to 2 present

Linnet  1/2 each day

Reed Bunting  1 in east on 9th

Regards Chris