It was a slightly calmer day today, migration wise anyway, conditions seemed to whip up a little by the afternoon. It was a manxelicious day instead, with the afternoon dedicated to ringing the young in the nest and the night to catching and ringing the adults. Over 150 new birds were ringed in the end thanks to some brilliant effort put in by all.

The highlight of the day was a Balearic Shearwater which passed the South End with a Common Scoter and three Sandwich Terns the only other birds of note out to sea. Five Grey Herons were scattered across the Narrows and South End, whilst wader numbers fell slightly just one Ringed Plover, two Dunlins, 11 Whimbrels, ten Curlews, five Redshanks, six Common Sandpipers and three Turnstones were logged. The juvenile Cuckoo put in another appearance in the Withies. More hirundine passage totalled three Sand Martins, 53 Swallows and 39 House Martins. The first noticeable arrival of Wheatears was also seen today, 18 were logged mostly around the southern section of the island. A Grasshopper Warbler was a nice treat among the usual six Sedge Warblers, five Whitethroats and 12 Willow Warblers. A reasonable total of 104 Linnets were also present.

The Young Birders getting up close and personal with the Manx Shearwaters helping contribute to the huge Manx Shearwater ringing data set the observatory has worked on in the past 66 years!