Weather: ESE force 5
A cold and windy start to the day with only a couple of Blackcaps and one or two Willow Warblers in the paddocks, and a Yellow Wagtail calling overhead. As the morning progressed more Willow Warblers appeared on the island.
A male Blackcap was caught for ringing
A couple of Tree Pipits were heard and lats of Goldfinches arrived.
also later on a Chaffinch.
One of the 2 Redpolls also became ringed.
While all this was going on a few Greenland Whearears were feeding in the open places about the island.
A Yellow Wagtail came down near the north end of the island giving an oppertunity for photos.
Other Wagtails were 5 Whites and a Pied. There was only a small passage of hirundines today, just 2 House Martins, 3 Swallows and 6 Sand Martins.
Early afternoon the Willow Warblers were still arriving and then a surprise was a Grasshopper Warbler.in the SK trap.
Apart from the small passerines, other species today included a Raven about the south west cornoer of the island, and wildfowl including 2 Goosander, the 3 Eider and the regular commuting 2 Canada Geese. Twelve Gannets fished out to sea, and about 30 Sandwich Terns did the same of the east side of the island. A distant flock of flock of Knot was on the move in the morning.
Twenty Two Whimbrel were calling around the island,
and Ringed Plover, Dunlin and Bar-tailed Godwits were also ready to move north.Seven Little Egrets were a good number compared to the last few weeks. A single Grey Heron was here today.
Ringed: 16 Willow Warblers, 4 Goldfinches, 1 Blackcap,1 Wren, 1 Redpoll, 1 Grasshopper Warbler.
Photos: AEH,CJW,SRW
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