The following only summarises the records from our resident birders’ health walks and garden sightings; consequently, it provides a mere snapshot of the true scale of spring migration.
A light, variable wind eventually backed south-east during the afternoon; sunny intervals throughout and temperatures reached 14 degrees C. The standout of the morning’s seawatch related to the year’s first Sandwich Tern that flew north.
Sightings on the headland included a Little Grebe, six Teal, two Little Ringed Plovers, a Snipe, eight Sand Martins, a Swallow, three Goldcrests, nine Willow Warbler, 18 Blackcap, 25 Chiffchaff, a Ring Ouzel, two Wheatear, a Yellow Wagtail and the year’s first Hawfinch. A Wheatear was present at Buckton, with a Ring Ouzel along Cliff Lane, Bempton.
