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Thursday 19th April 2018

Late blog for yesterday as contractors working in the Port of Felixstowe sliced through the telephone cable and it was not restored by bedtime. Glorious sunny day with southbound 88 Black-headed Gull, 36 Whimbrel, 4 Med Gull, 6 Shelduck, 3 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Barnacle Geese, 2 Oyks & Curlew with northbound 40 Arctic Tern, 12 Oyk & 9 Whimbrel. The Arctic Terns & a total of 45 Whimbrel are reasonably notable. Handful of passerines moving including southbound 8 Goldfinch, 5 Jackdaw, 3 Swallow, 2 Mipits & Skylark. On site a spring Great-spotted Woodpecker is always of note 5 Wheatear, 4 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, Firecrest & Yellow Wagtail.

9 birds ringed: 4 Blackcap, 1 Blackbird, 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 1 Wood Pigeon, 1 Wren.