Overnight easterly winds and heavy fog until dawn and continuing throughout today, produced a small arrival migrants to the observatory.
New migrants on land today came in the form of 10 Willow Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 9 Robin, 14 Goldfinch, 10 Swallow, 10 Swift, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 1 Common Redstart and an exceptional 3 Wood Warblers with 2 trapped and ringed during the morning.
Migrants offshore came in the form of 27 Teal, 16 Common Tern, 7 Sandwich Tern, 3 Little Tern, 17 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Sanderling, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew and 1 Grey Plover.
Another migrant found it's way into a moth trap this morning in the form of this Dark Crimson Underwing, a rare migrant here and only the 2nd site record for the observatory so very welcome.
Ringing: 14 birds ringed during the day including 5 Greenfinch, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Wood Warbler, 1 Robin, 1 Wren, 1 House Sparrow and 1 Common Whitethroat.