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.
A sunny day, with a light south-easterly breeze and temperatures reaching 11 degrees C. A Great Northern Diver flew north past the Fog Station, with three Red-throated Divers and four Sandwich Terns moving in the opposite direction.
Sightings elsewhere included a pair of Gadwall, a Tufted Duck, seven Whimbrel, one Common Sandpiper, a Long-eared Owl, 12 Swifts, a Redwing, two Garden Warblers, a Spotted Flycatcher, two Common Redstarts, two Whinchat, 14 Wheatears, a Tree Pipit and two Yellow Wagtails. Notable records from Buckton/Bempton involved two Grey Partridge, three Swift and ten Corn Buntings. A Natterer’s Bat was an excellent local record at Oceanview.
