Red-backed Shrike swallowing Common Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus.
Bright n' breezy. Southbound 186 House Martin, 93 Swallow, 27 Wigeon, 10 Mipit, 8 Brent, 5 Dunlin, 5 Sandwich Tern, 3 Med Gull, 2 Oyk, Arctic Skua, Common Scoter, Grey Plover, Pintail, Siskin, Teal & Turnstone with northbound 4 Common Scoter, Gannet & Red-throated Diver. On site birding difficult in the windy conditions with at least 15 Blackcap, 15 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler & what is presumably the same Cetti's as noted on odd dates over the past week.
Ringing: 8 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Great Tit, 1 Willow Warbler.