Friday 19th April 2024


An April shower or two throughout the morning didn't hamper the handful of migrants passing the obs today. Offshore the highlight was two black-throated divers flying south, with a supporting cast of 5 whimbrel and 4 sandwich tern. Wheatear numbers had dropped a little from yesterday, but lesser whitethroats seem to be increasing by the day. A few willow warblers and a blackcap sang intermittently before moving through late morning. The black redstart was once again singing his heart out from various parts of the fort, usually wherever a birder with a camera wasn't. 


No moths at all the previous 3 days, so it was good to get the first Shuttle-shaped Dart of the year.

Birds Ringed: Blackcap 4, Chiffchaff 1, Linnet 1.