Heavy cloud and heavy rain during this morning which then cleared giving a much warmer feel to the day. Albeit, rather quiet on the migrant front.
New migrants today included 66 Teal, 4 Common Scoter, 3 Shoveler, 26 Oystercatcher, 20 Dunlin, 9 Ringed Plover, 2 Golden Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Sanderling, 7 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Tern, 3 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 8 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 9 Goldfinch, 1 Sparrowhawk, c. 100 Swift and 14 Swallow.
There's plenty of young gulls hanging around the observatory at the moment with some showing quite close - a good photographic opportunity.
Ringing: 1 bird ringed today which included 1 Robin.