Despite the calmer conditions, there was a reasonable movement of birds off the coast throughout the day too, which turned up a good count of seabirds and some accompanying scarcer migrants: two Curlew Sandpipers, eight Dunlins, 20 Black-tailed Godwits, three Pomarine Skuas, eight Arctic Skuas, 1550 Kittiwakes, seven Common Scoters, 134 Gannets, 11 Common Terns and 46 Arctic Terns.
Willow Warblers were definitely the key player in the day's arrival: a minimum of 700 were counted!
Spotted Flycatcher numbers rose to 68
juvenile Common Buzzard
A night-time Storm Petrel ringing session resulted in 14 birds being trapped, including three retraps (one of which was a control)
The first Convolvulus Hawkmoth of the year followed suite on last year's records, turning up in the catching area of the observatory's Heligoland trap. After being found early in the morning, a second moth was discovered on the door of the trap later in the day!
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