30th April 2021

 Weather: E force 0/1  NW 3 in the afternoon

Our few records of Garden Warbler each year typically arrive in May or September but today one made it here before the end of April.

The Garden Warbler turned out to be the only warbler of the day, Greenland Wheatears however just made double figures.

  A flava Wagtail flew over the island heading south, together with a dozen or so Swallows, while 22 Lesser Redpolls, 2 Siskins and 4 Goldfinches completed the small migrants seen passing through.

 No Brent nor Purple Sandpipers were logged, but good numbers of Whimbrel (37) and sea birds were around such as 25 Gannets, 15 Red-throated Divers, 125 Common Terns (for once exceeding the 42 Sandwich Terns sighted) 18 Great Crested Grebes and 6 Guillemots. Six Shelduck were seen about today.

 photos AS, SRW