Tuesday 16 April 2019

With light easterly winds, rain to start the day and then a dry calm evening, hope was in the air for some more new arrivals.

The morning started well with a clear arrival of Phylloscopus warblers; counts by the end of the day were 64 Willow Warblers and 12 Chiffchaff around the island, mostly concentrated around the plantation at Nant. Blackcaps had also increased to 17, again mostly around the plantation, along with some finches, two Chaffinch, two Siskin and ten Goldfinch. Meadow Pipits also almost reached triple figures today with 96 in various fields today, Swallows hit 23 today including a group of ten heading quickly south, and 27 Wheatear was also another increase.

Apart from the small fall of warblers, other highlights included a nice male Ring Ouzel, a Greenshank again, two Common Sandpiper (new for the year), and two Jack Snipe flushed in a team effort walking the wetlands. More waders were noted today also with now two Ringed Plover on the Narrows along with 60 Purple Sandpiper, 14 Turnstone, 16 Snipe in the wetlands, 2 Curlew and an increase to seven Whimbrel.       

'Greenland' Wheatear                             Lewis Hooper

Ring Ouzel                                    Lewis Hooper

Ring Ouzel and a Chaffinch                            Lewis Hooper



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