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Tuesday 5th May 2015


Strong, overnight easterly winds turned to south west and with heavy spells of rain, produced a decent arrival of migrants to the observatory.

Migrants included 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Common Whitethroat, 15 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 40 Swallow, 21 Swift, 4 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin, 15 Wheatear, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Female Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (above), 1 White Wagtail, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern, 22 Common Tern and 1 Arctic Tern.

The moth traps are picking up nicely with a variety of species as the weather warms up, including this Powdered Quaker.


Ringing: 23 birds were ringed during the morning including 11 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Swallow, 1 Dunnock and 1 Spotted Flycatcher.