It was a day of marked contrasts: conditions in the early morning were simply stunning, with not a breath of wind, glorious sunshine and warm temperatures. However, by 2pm a cloud bank had rolled over, the wind picked up substantially and heavy rain set in. Counts of migrants in the morning included two
Skylarks, eight
Sedge Warblers, one
Whitethroat, two
Blackcaps, eight
Chiffchaffs, two
Goldcrests, two
Spotted Flycatchers and a
Lesser Redpoll. Another reasonable hirundine passage consisted of one
House Martins, 115
Swallows and 27
House Martins. Non-passerine totals comprised
590 Manx Shearwaters, 30
Gannets, four
Common Scoters, two
Sparrowhawks, one
Buzzard, two
Ringed Plovers, two
Dunlins, one
Curlew, three
Turnstones and two
Black-headed Gulls.
All of the island's Stonechats now have young, with some as many as five chicks
Dunlin
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