Woodpigeon and chick enjoying the limited early morning sunshine
Almost flat calm first thing with cloud gradually building through the morning but with none of the forecasts agreeing if and when the rain would arrive (it eventually did around 1100) we opened limited nets in anticipation! All of the day's interest was again offshore with a steady southerly passage of birds dominated by a good total of 1,462 Black-headed Gulls along with 11 Common Gulls, 16 Mediterranean Gulls, 7 Sandwich Terns, 8 Common Terns, 6 Common Scoter, 14 Curlew, a Heron, 35 Oystercatchers, a Sanderling, 4 Teal and 6 Whimbrel.
Other little bits included a Cuckoo, a Grey Wagtail and 19 Swifts south.
Ringing: Linnet 4, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Dunnock 1, House Sparrow 2
Classic Lesser Common Rustic 'plumage'