For some unknown reason the Collared Dove population may have declined to just one pair this year.
Cool north-easterly wind. Migrants almost non-existent although worth a mention are a Wheatear plus 3 male Blackcaps singing their little hearts out as they attempt to find a partner (Blackcap has only bred here once in the past but we see no reason why they shouldn't nest here regularly). Offshore northbound 19 Common Tern, 4 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, Black Tern & Whimbrel with southbound 10 Common Scoter.
Treble Lines is only an occasional visitor to our traps.
Ringing: 1 Greenfinch, 1 Starling, (worth mentioning that this is the first Greenfinch ringed this year whereas in the mid-1980's we were ringing 2,500 per year).
