A westerly wind at F4 held throughout the day, with a sea state of three and good visibility. Light mizzle drifted through during the early morning, and the temperature reached 14 °C.

Ezra, Joel and Harry headed around the East Side to begin the Herring Gull colony counts, successfully locating and counting all the current nests in the four North colonies.

It was a good day for butterflies with good numbers of Green-veined Whites, Small Coppers, Red Admirals and Painted Ladies. There was also singles of Large White, Common Blue and Small Tortoiseshell. Also the first Wall butterfly for the year was seen on the Mountain.

The two Canada Geese were again in the North End gull colony.

Two Sparrowhawks with the male at Cristin and a female at Nant. Three Peregrines were recorded with the pair on the East Side and the immature female getting heavily mobbed by the resident male.

Waders were mainly distributed between the beaches and the South End. Waders numbers were made up of: 11 Ringed Plovers, two Dunlins, a Curlew, three Turnstones and nine Whimbrels.

A Swift was seen over the Mountain with a small party of hirundine. A Sand Martin was in the Lowlands. A total of 82 Swallows and nine House Martins were recorded across the island.

Male Stonechat © Joel Tragen

Chiffchaff hiding in the branches of an Apple © Joel Tragen

Three Sedge Warblers and 11 Chiffchaffs were recorded across the island. A Whitethroat was in the Wetlands and a Blackcap was at Cristin.

A Lesser Redpoll was recorded at Tŷ Pellaf and two Goldfinches were at Nant. A total of 37 Linnets were present.