Weather: SSE force 2/3
Right from the off a new species for the year was on the island, a Whinchat.
Singing around the island were 2 Sedge Warblers, while the 2 Willow Warblers and the Chiffchaff were not inclined to sing.
There were 4 Wheatears this morning, at least 3 being Greenland birds.
The flat calm sea seemed devoid of birds except for a few Sandwich Terns until a flotilla of 5 Great Crested Grebes floated down the west side.
Casual visitors included a Siskin, (the only finch) and a roaming Magpie,
and a brute of a Woodpigeon.
A pair of White Wagtails looked happily settled in.
A Sand Martin and 9 Swallows flew about the island, some are local breeders.
Not so many Whimbrel today, 8 seen, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits also 40 Ringed Plover and 260 Dunlin. A Shag and later 5 Eiders were at the north end. A female Orange tip butterfly was loving the flowers in the S K paddock.
The Fox was spotted strolling around the Telegraph house gardens.
Photos SRW
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