Wheatears
Calm and chilly first thing, developing into the standard 'sunny but still with a cold edge to it' rest of the day; there was a little upturn in grounded migrants across the area which included a Skylark, 3 Blackcaps, a Chaffinch, a Chiffchaff, 5 Lesser Whitethroats, a couple of new Robins, 9 Wheatears, 3 Whitethroats and 6 Willow Warblers.
Overhead and on the sea birds of note comprised 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 26 Barnacle Geese north, 2 Common Terns, a Fulmar, a Kittiwake south, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, a Marsh Harrier high north, 8 Swallows, a Whimbrel and a Yellow Wagtail.
Ringing: Blackcap 3, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Willow Warbler 4, Chiffchaff 1, Blackbird 2, Linnet 3, Robin 1, Woodpigeon 1
The Powdered Quaker of the year; during the whole of April, three traps run nightly have given us a mere total of just 100 moths of 17 species with 20% of them on one night!