After a dull and cool start to the day the sun came out about noon, though patches of sea mist keep rolling in from the south.
Eventually another hot day suggested that summer had finally arrived on the island, bringing with it a rather better selection of migrants than other days of late. A Black Redstart was seen on the cliffs on the east side of the island, a Reed Warbler was in the withies and an arrival of five Garden Warblers was quite surprising. Five Blackcaps, nine Common Chiffchaffs, four Willow Warblers, two Common Whitethroats, six Spotted Flycatchers, four Redpolls and a Eurasian Siskin had also appeared. Five Ringed Plovers and six Dunlins were on the beaches, a Common Kestrel and two Common Buzzards flew overhead, and a noisily screeching flock of 24 Common Swifts congregated high above the lowlands in the evening.
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