A light south westerly breeze with intermittent rain this morning produced a fair bit of movement out to sea with a few new migrants on land also. New migrants included 203 Swift, 27 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 20 Sandwich Tern, 8 Common Tern, 2 Little Tern, 14 Gannet, 1 Fulmar, 8 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 10 Canada Geese, 30 Avocet, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin and 1 Tree Pipit.
With a milder night the moth numbers and variety is finally picking up, including several Small Elephant Hawk-moths (above), and one exception worth a mention is the first Rusty Dot Pearl of the year.
Ringing: 18 birds ringed during the morning including 8 Linnet, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Great Tit and 1 Dunnock.