Following last nights successful wader ringing most of the team stayed on for the tide today, and several nice birds were logged as a result. Fifty two Gannets, 5 Arctic Skuas and a Little Gull were the pick of the bunch on the sea, while migrants blown in by the south westerly included 5 Willow Warblers, 4 Wheatears, a Chiffchaff and a male Blackcap, also a good passage of 250 Swallows and 6 House Martins. An unexpected record this early in the autumn was a Song Thrush heard overhead at 2 o'clock in the morning.
Ringed:- 2 Willow Warblers, 1 Robin.
(JE,AW,CJW,NDW,PSW,SRW) [548]
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