Very little happening in the migration department with 4 Swallow, 2 Wheatear, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Yellow Wag plus a new Lesser 'throat as good as it got on the grounded birds front. Offshore southbound 5 Barnacles with northbound 9 Arctic Tern, 3 Oyk, 2 Common Tern, Kittiwake, Sandwich Tern & Shoveler.
Despite the lack of birds the second site record of Purple Cloud crossed the North Sea to pay us a visit. This is a very rare species in the UK with only somewhere in the region of 30 to 40 British records ever recorded.
Ringing: 1 Lesser Whitethroat
