Change to a southerly via the east with some rain & showers before going around south-westerly brought some interest with 16 Wheatear, 6 Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Lesser 'throat, 3 Swift, 2 Whinchat, 2 Whitethroat, Lapwing, Redstart, Ring Ouzel (different individual to yesterday), Swallow, Tree Pipit & Wryneck. 3 Sanderling & 2 Turnstone were near the point. Offshore observations pitiful with a couple of Gannet, Oyks, Whimbrel & a Curlew the sum of it. We only have roughly ten previous spring Wrynecks in the past 40 years although, no doubt, more passed through in the good old days when they were a relatively common breeder in the UK.
The number & variety of moths over the past couple of weeks has been exceedingly low with several nights failing to produce anything at all so it was good to get a couple of Silver Y which are probably indictive of the change in the wind direction.
Ringing: 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat.
