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.
After an overcast start and showers at first light, prolonged sunny intervals developed and temperatures reached 15 degrees C; winds remained light and variable, although an onshore breeze developed mid-afternoon.
Highlight of the morning’s seawatch included a Jack Snipe flying south and a second calendar-year Glaucous Gull moving north. Sightings from the headland included a drake Garganey, three Gadwall, a Little Grebe, two Lapwing, two Golden Plover and one Dunlin. The warmer weather prompted an arrival of passerines: five House Martins, two Swallows, a Hooded Crow, three Goldcrests, 40 Willow Warblers, three Ring Ouzels, 21 Redwing, 22 Fieldfare, ten Wheatear, a Tree Pipit, four Yellow Wagtails, two Brambling and a Hawfinch.
