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Wednesday 13th May 2020


The northerly airflow is curtailing any action although for many species spring migration will be done & dusted before long. Today's migrants include 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Wheatear, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler plus the female Stonechat present the last couple of days who, when trapped, was found to be carrying some fuel reserves and is quite possibly a bird of the nominate race, Saxicola torquata rubicola, heading back to her breeding grounds on the continent as British birds will be feeding young by now. Offshore a couple of Gannet went north & 5 Sanderling were on the beach.


Only the second site record of Seraphim showed up. It is not that rare a species where it occurs but is one that doesn't wander much to places like this.

Ringing: 1 Blackcap, 1 Linnet, 1 Stonechat.