Strong south westerly winds overnight continued throughout the morning and during the rest of the day. Spells of heavy rain early afternoon. At dawn, several migrants had dropped in overnight. Migrants included 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Female Common Redstart, 7 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Swallow, 11 Common Tern, 2 Whimbrel, 8 Dunlin and 3 Tufted Duck.
There's plenty of Shelduck out on the nature reserve at the moment, here's a 'parliament' of Shelduck seen today.
Ringing: 15 birds ringed this morning including 7 Willow Warbler, 2 Linnet, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 1 Greenfinch and 1 Dunnock.