A pair of Starlings appear to be nesting at the cottage - the first breeding attempt since 2011, prior to which they nested annually.
The biggest scarcity of the day was the complete cloud cover at first light but this soon broke up up under the onslaught of the standard brisk, cold ENE wind becoming sunny by the afternoon; it was a particularly quiet day in the field with hardly any new migrants to mention but birds of note did include 2 Black Redstarts, a Chaffinch, 2 Chiffchaffs, 8 Common Scoter north, 3 Common Terns, a Fulmar, a Red-throated Diver, a Siskin north, a Sparrowhawk, 4 Swallows, 5 Wheatear, a Whimbrel and finally a ringed, adult male Whitethroat singing and displaying properly as he got back on territory - the first obvious returning 'local' bird.