Weather: ENE force 4, E4/5 in the afternoon.
A much quieter morning with just 6 Willow Warblers and 2 Chiffchaffs today but there was both male and female Blackcap feeding in the Blackthorn and having yellow faces to prove it.
Other migrants during the day were 16 Swallows, 2 Sand Martins and a House Martin, 13 Goldfinch, and 9 Wheatears including 7 that were Greenland types,
Among the waders, Whimbrel are now starting to appear in numbers.
There were 25 Redshank....
and still 5 Purple Sandpipers. Two Harbour Porpoise continue the regular sightings recently, while on the sea were 4 Red-throated Divers, 21 Common Scoter, 15 Great Crested Grebes, 15 Guillemots, about 50 Sandwich Terns, a male Red-breasted Merganser, 5 Razorbills, a Manx Shearwtaer and 12 Gannets.
No Brent were seen today, perhaps they have all gone, unlike the Pink-footed Geese in the estuary travelling out, but only 250 flew north today. Five local Shelduck and 2 Canada Geese were logged, while the pair of Eider were still about.
There was no noticeable movement of Meadow Pipits today, but the breeding birds were nest building.
From the moth trap last night:-
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| Early Grey |
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| Bright lIne Brown-eye |
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| Hebrew Chararcter |
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| Mining bee species |
Photos CJW, SRW
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