Rain at first then overcast with a few very light showers.
Two distinct peaks with migrants today, the first early
shortly after the rain stopped then another around midday. Hirundines featured
again today but less numbers than yesterday. Swallows started coming in around
09:00 and continued until around 13:00 when it appeared to slow but still a steady
flow.
The sea today was negligible, with no visible passage in the
northeasterly breeze, only the local feeding movements of the Auks that breed
on the West cliffs and 4 Common Scoter
flew east.
A Hobby was seen
plucking prey on a fence post near the Obs.
A Turtle Dove and
a Cuckoo were in the Top fields
early on and a Short-eared Owl seen.
The Little Owl
still present in a nearby quarry.
200+ Swifts seen
throughout the day.
Another good passage of Swallows,
probably around 5000, along with 100+ House
Martins and 10+ Sand Martins
seen.
3 Yellow Wagtails,9
Redstarts, 50+ Wheatears, 8 Whinchats, a
Stonechat seen and a Ring Ouzel in the fields up to
Southwell.
Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers, Whitethroats and Blackcaps
made up the most of the warbler passage, also 2 Garden Warblers, 2 Lesser
Whitethroats, 4 Sedge Warblers
and 2 Reed Warblers.
Also 2 Spotted
Flycatchers and 3 Pied Flycatchers
seen.
2 Raven also seen
in the afternoon flying down to the bill.
At 16:50 this afternoon all the Gulls at the bill took to the air and an Osprey was seen coming in off the sea,
a quick phone call to the warden who was at home managed to get a photo of it
as it dropped lower as it moved up the island and was seen to be carrying a
fish!
18:16, just four of us sat in the Obs lounge when a “ringtail”
Hen Harrier flew in heading west!
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