Weather: ESE force 4/5 veering SW 5/6 in the afternoon
In reaction to the south easterly a few migrants arrived in the morning. Hirundines floated through in scattered small numbers totalling 12 Swallows, 3 House Martins and 9 Sand Martins. An estimate of over a dozen Willow Warblers arrived with 4 Chiffchaffs during the first part of the day, also a Blackcap, 3 White and 2 Pied Wagtails and 3 Greenland Wheatears.
After the tide there was a trickle of a few more phylloscopus warblers, and a female Redstart appeared following drizzle.
Goldfinches (20) were again the only finches moving on view apart from the Linnets. Early on before the tide 3,000 Black-tailed Godwits were on the Salisbury bank, a Greylag flew south and yet again the Long-tailed Duck was consorting with some Common Scoter off the east side, at one stage resting with them on the rocks.
Five Eiders gathered today, 3 males and 2 females. Only 2 Brent were seen this morning, 1 pale and 1 dark bellied,
... also 8 Shelduck and 5 Red-breasted Mergansers, while later in the afternoon a pair of Teal were here. It was a good sea watch again with 145 Gannets,
...with supporting cast of 9 Manx Shearwaters, 7 Red-throated Divers, 70 Sandwich Tern, 4 Common Tern and 12 Great Crested Grebes. Apart from the Black-tailed Godwits waders appeared in normal numbers, there were 220 Oystercatchers, 25 Curlew, 4 Whimbrel, 150 Dunlin, 30 Ringed Plover, 80 Redshank and singles of Sanderling, Bar-tailed Godwit and Purple Sandpiper. Four Little Egrets and a Grey Heron was about average for the last few weeks. Two butterflies braved the windy weather, a Painted Lady and a Peacock. All in all there were decent records on a day with mixed wind direction.
Ringing: 11 Willow Warblers, 3 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap, 1 Redstart, 1 Wren, 1 Linnet.
Photos SRW
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