The following summary only includes records from our resident birders’ health walks and garden sightings; consequently, it provides a mere snapshot of the true scale of our spring migration.
An overcast day, with a light north-north-east wind and temperatures that peaked at nine degrees C. Four Red-throated Divers, a Manx Shearwater, 26 Sandwich Terns, a Common Tern and 273 Puffins flew past the Fog Station. Sightings elsewhere included a Pink-footed Goose, two Gadwall, two Tufted Ducks, five Sanderling, a Swift, one Reed Warbler, 12 Wheatear and six Yellow Wagtails.
