At last the conditions aligned, and we had a busy and exciting day. First bird of note, and highlight of the day was a 1st year Icterine warbler discovered about 7am. This was followed by a host of other migrants inside and outside the compound. These included; 8 redstart, 1 whinchat, 7 yellow wagtail including blue-headed and grey headed races, 6 pied flycatchers, 8 spotted flycatchers, 6 reed warbler, 2 tree pipits, 3 garden warbler, 12 willow warbler and 5 chiffchaff.
4 grey wagtail over were more expected and wheatear numbers were up to 12. 2 Brent geese flew south and a great spotted woodpecker briefly visited the compound.
First site record of Passenger. It is a migrant with only about 50 UK records.
Birds Ringed: Blackcap 4, Blue Tit 3, Chiffchaff 5, Dunnock 1, Goldfinch 1, Icterine Warbler 1, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Meadow Pipit 2, Pied Flycatcher 3, Redstart 2, Reed Warbler 6, Robin 3, Sedge Warbler 1, Spotted Flycatcher 6, Tree Pipit 2, Whitethroat 2, Willow Warbler 6.