Continuing south westerly winds throughout the day produced several new migrants in-and-around the observatory and a few nice waders. These included 1 Nightingale, 1 Brambling, 6 Common Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 13 Wheatear, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 7 Whimbrel, 11 Grey Plover, 13 Common Tern, 1 Little Tern, 8 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin, 21 Swallow and 25 Goldfinch.
On the nature reserve, out of the 20 Wheatears that have been ringed during April, most of them have been of the Greenland race which is determined through our biometric data, based on wing lengths and overall size of our birds. It's a fair old hike for them if and when they migrate to Greenland.
Ringing: 7 birds ringed during the morning which included 1 Nightingale, 1 Robin, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 1 Linnet and 1 Wheatear.