Weather: ENE 4 ESE force 6/7 later
Our first Garden Warbler of the year was singing briefly from the Blackthorn,
The next arrival was a Whitethroat in off the west side of the island,
...... followed by a Grasshopper Warbler appearing in Telegraph House west garden, the first sighting of the Grasshopper Warbler was the distinctive undertail.
Both the Garden Warbler and the Grasshopper Warbler were ringed late afternoon when they emerged from cover where they had hidden from the wind.
About a dozen Willow Warblers made it here,
.......as did 3 female Wheatears,
A Yellow Wagtail was down briefly by the pond, and a few Siskin and Redpoll went over, while 2 Sand Martins and 12 House Martins joined several Swallows over the island, while 6 Swifts were counted. An unringed Rock Pipit was trapped and received the colour rings from our scheme.
Sixty Sandwich Terns and 2 Little Terns fed in the estuary, also 60 Common Scoter and nearer the islands were 3 Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, and a pair of Eider. Most noticed waders were 500 Dunlin, 30 Ringed Plover, 3 Sanderling, 2 Curlew and 8 Whimbrel.
A full moon finished off the day nicely.
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