The north wind doth blow . . eternally it seems. Very quiet as seems to be the theme this month. A singing chaffinch in the compound was unexpected, and the black redstart is still singing his head off in the docks. We hope there might be goldfinch breeding on site somewhere, as they've been around the compound daily all spring. a few seabirds flew north through the morning, a fulmar and 5 gannets, which we don't see daily.
Yellow Belle is fairly common here. It has two emergences with the first emergence this year in far lower numbers than we'd expect.