After the excitement of yesterday a normal spring morning with typical birds could only be an anticlimax. The Little Bunting was duly looked for without success leaving the members to enjoy a quiet morning high tide which was sprinkled with a moderate number of migrants. A female Whinchat was found on middle at dawn (and was joined by a male during the tide) There were only 12 Willow Warblers and 7 Greenland Wheatears recorded, and single Whitethroat, Blackcap and 2 Sedge Warblers also present, completing the warbler arrivals for the day, while a Chiffchaff ringed 6 days ago is still on the island. Passing through but not lingering were 9 Swallows and 3 House Martins, also a Tree Pipit, 5 White Wagtails and a Yellow Wagtail that landed briefly, 9 Goldfinches and 18 Lesser Redpolls (3 touched down and were caught in the Newton). The first 2 Manx Shearwaters of the year went east off the north end and 22 Gannets went through, some closely by the island in the fog.
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(DB,CJ,CS,DCT,PT,NDW, et al) photos CJ
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