Highlights birding the Downs Saturday included 6 Shoveler west, 6 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 4 Turnstone, 3 Arctic Skua east, 6 Common Tern, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Red throated Diver in partial summer plumage drifted west close inshore, 24 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 5 Sand Martin, 325 Swallow west, 1 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Grey Wagtail and 2 Meadow Pipit. With light winds this morning, I was out early where I stood on the eastern boundary listening out for any Owls calling. At 05:50 as I stood still, an Owl was seen in silhouette and landed in a tree c6 metres away. Although it was still a little dark, I could make out the short ear tufts of a Short eared Owl (141). It sat in the top of the tree for a good minute wiping its bill on a branch before flying off west into the growing light. Also seen today were 2 Mallard, 1 Grey Partridge, 4 Pheasant, 1 Turnstone, 1 Great Black backed Gull, 7 Sandwich Tern, 18 Cormorant, 2 Shag initially perched on a structure before flying west together, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 20 Swallow, 17 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 25 Meadow Pipit west, 1 Chaffinch and 2 Linnet. Nocmig recording Saturday night produced a few Ringed Plover.
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