Weather: E force 4, ESE 3 later
A touch of east and south in the wind brought us a few birds during the morning. Two Willow Warblers were here and a singing Sedge Warbler in the old obs garden, also a total of 4 Whitethroats (2 of which were then ringed).
Overhead passage was limited to 3 Swifts, 2 Siskins, a House Martin and 4 Lesser Redpolls.
Three Collared Doves dashed through the island with another a little later. A young Linnet became the first bird reared this year to be ringed.
A large female Peregrine sat on the sand on the east hoyle briefly. There was plenty of time to look at the sea resulting in an unusal spectacle of a group of 27 Kittiwakes passing west off the north end. More expected sightings were 20 Gannets, 7 Guillemots, 4 Scoter, 2 Razorbill, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 26 Sandwich and 5 Common Terns. Two Whimbrel are still here with 200 Dunlin, 20 Ringed Plover, 4 Sanderling and 9 Turnstone. Ten Shelduck were around the island with 6 others passing through and 6 Eiders were on the whaleback.
Seen less often here than the Small White (4) is the Large White (1).
About a dozen Green-veined Whites have been seen each day recently.
A Red Admiral was also on the list. A Marbled Coronet was in the moth trap and a sweep of the grassy areas by our moth expert found lots of Diamondback moths, estimated in 4 figures! Our expert was able to show us a hoverfly that is a mimic of a bee for defensive purposes.
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Ringed: 2 Whitethroats, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Linnet.
Photos GB, SRW
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