The continued southerly wind brought a small arrival of new migrants to the observatory early morning. These included 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Common Tern, 1 Little Tern, 1 Common Redstart, 6 Wheatear, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 8 Common Whitethroat, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 13 Goldfinch and 3 Siskin.
Hirundines were on the move again this morning with 46 Swallow, 29 Swift and 9 House Martin. Offshore, 3 Tufted duck flew South.
Sedge Warbler is a scarce bird here and since we didn't catch and ring any last year in the spring, here is the 3rd bird caught and ringed this spring. Our only birds last year were caught in the autumn and that totalled 3 individuals.
Ringing: 8 birds ringed during the morning including 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler and 1 Willow Warbler.