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.
An overcast day, with light north-north-east winds and temperatures that only reached six degrees C. Highlights of the morning seawatch included five Eider, a Blue Fulmar, one Lesser Black-backed Gull and 40 Puffins flying north. Sightings on the headland included a Pink-footed Goose, six Common Buzzards, a Goldcrest, seven Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap, two Nuthatch, a Black Redstart, one Grey Wagtail, 54 Meadow Pipits and 33 Yellowhammers.
