First Small Heath of the year
A few clouds first thing but the moderate ENE breeze had pushed them away by mid-morning, leaving a sunny and warm day albeit with an onshore wind; it was another quiet morning birdwise though with a Barnacle Goose south, 2 Black Redstarts, a Blackcap, another 106 Brent Geese heading out and north, 2 Chaffinches, 4 Common Scoter, 9 Common Tern, 5 Lesser Whitethroats, the first fledgling Robin of the year, a Sparrowhawk and 6 Swallows south.
Ringing: Dunnock 1, Robin 1, Blackcap - a Dutch control!
With the warming temperatures a few more micros are starting to appear including this Notocelia cynosbatella