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Message: <blockquote data-quote="choughed2bits" data-source="post: 1559980" data-attributes="member: 58712">Went for a brief walk along Gourdon shore at low tide yesterday mid afternoon. I was hoping to see evidence of migrant passerines but unfortunately there were too many noisy motorbikes cutting around on the scrambling tracks there. I did take the opportunity to do a brief count of the terns. To my eye, they were all sandwich terns, and counted 120 of them at roost, with another ~50 or so (probably more) flying. I'd make a top estimate of around 200. Still, none showing any leg irons. Back at the house, the roch watching was more productive than usual with loadsa gulls and oystercatchers (don't count them as they are around all year). Waders were showing pretty well tho: 6 Ringed Plovers, 9 Redshank & 4 Turnstone. So numbers appear to be higher than normal. Out on and above the water there were good numbers of Gannet flying and feeding, and a continual stream of Kittiwake toing and froing, some showing with quite a few showing their rather dapper 1st winter plumage. Apart from that it was far too lazy a weekend to speak of.k</blockquote>