Westerly winds throughout today produced a few new migrants which included 35 Barnacle Geese, 1 Common Tern, 2 Common Gull, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 59 Swallow, 22 Swift, 11 Sand Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 8 Goldfinch and 2 Wheatear.
The Wormwood was a pleasant surprise this morning as the only previous site record, of this nationally scarce species was back in 1997.
Ringing: 19 birds ringed during the morning including 6 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Dunnock, 1 Woodpigeon, 1 House Sparrow and 1 Wren.