Another dose of rain to start the day - we seem to have gone from drought to deluge over recent weeks ! Today's migrants include 12 Redwing, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chaffinch, 5 Song Thrush, 3 Wheatear, 2 Jackdaw, Black Redstart, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Meadow Pipit, Short-eared Owl & Snipe. Heading south overhead 119 Wood Pigeon, 6 Goldfinch, 4 Chaffinch, Kestrel & Meadow Pipit. Offshore southbound 60 Black-headed Gull, 7 Dunlin & 3 Brent with northbound 52 Black-headed Gull, 12 Red-throated Diver & 4 Eider plus a Great-northern Diver that came in from the north and pitched in on the sea. Worth a mention is the first Frog spawn of the year on the Butts pond.
First Early Thorn of the year which occurs here in low numbers probably living on the Hawthorn bushes.
Ringing: 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Redwing.
