59 Cormorant went out (but might have missed some) plus 2,888 onto the fishing grounds from the north. On site a drake Pheasant is the first since last April although this is the time of the year that males go wandering. Also offshore southbound 32 Red-throated Diver, 2 Oyk & Brent with northbound 46 Red-throats & Shelduck with 3 Gannets noted in the distance where the Cormorants were congregating. 3 Curlew went out of the estuary then north-eastwards calling evocatively heading on their way back to their breeding grounds. Difficult to know whether a new Dunnock is a migrant or a wandering male in search of a vacant patch. Finally a Stock Dove may well be the same as one noted occasionally over recent weeks & 3 Peregrine put in a similar appearance to yesterday.
