Friday, 4th May 2018

Light southerly winds and drizzle around dawn produced an excellent fall of migrants today. The drizzle dropped lots of hirundines along the golf course fence line, and the seawall was full of Wheatears. Once the drizzle stopped the coastal migrant spots were alive with feeding migrants; highlights included two showy female Pied Flycatchers, two Redstarts, including a singing male, a singing male Wood Warbler, 8 Whinchats and 70 Wheatears.

Hirundines

 Wheatear

 Wood Warbler

 Pied Flycatcher

Offshore:

11 Common Scoters east, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Red-throated Diver east, 4 Gannets east, 1 Guillemot, 4 Sandwich Terns and 6 Arctic Terns east.

Visible Migration 

3 Whimbrels east, 7 Sand Martins north, 132 Swallows north, 13 House Martins north, 2 Yellow Wagtails east, 2 Alba Wagtails north, 12 Tree Pipits north/north-east, 3 Meadow Pipits north, 2 Redpolls east, 27 Goldfinch east and 1 Siskin east.

Grounded Migrants

40 Sand Martins, 200 Swallows, 25 House Martins, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Wood Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 30 Willow Warblers, 8 Blackcaps, 7 Garden Warblers, 8 Whitethroats, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Sedge Warblers, 2 Pied Flycatchers, 2 Redstarts, 8 Whinchats, 70 Wheatears, 4 Yellow Wagtails and 5 White Wagtails.

 Grasshopper Warbler

 Sand Martin

 Garden Warbler

 Redstart

Others

1 Little Egrte, 57 Whimbrels, 78 Ringed Plovers, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 94 Turnstones, 55 Sanderlings, 600 Dunlins, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe and 2 Swifts.