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Monday 28th April 2014

Hard work for the end of April not helped by the northerly air flow. Very few migrants on site with the highlights being single Jay, Tree Pipit & Blue-headed Wagtail. Also noted 15 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wags, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Lesser 'throat, 2 Willows, 2 Chiffs & Garden Warbler. Offshore a small handful of terns, 4 Turnstone & single Whimbrel noted. Probably of greater significance for us is the ringing of 3 juv Song Thrush which are obviously from the same brood and have been reared on site - songies struggle to rear young here and when they do it is often only one young surviving out of each nesting attempt.

Ringing: 3 Song Thrush, 1 Wheatear, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Chaffinch.