Wednesday 11 May 2022

Continuing south-westerlies accompanied a reasonable passage of Hirundines today, with 169 Swallows, 4 Sand Martin, nine House Martins and 12 Swifts. A new addition to the Island's year list was sighted, which came in the form of a Bar-tailed Godwit, bringing the total up to 115. The Blue-headed Wagtail was seen again at the North-west Fields, and two Hooded Crows flew across the West Coast. 

Bar-tailed Godwit © Ed Betteridge 

Other migrant totals were nine Whitethroats, seven Sedge Warblers, two Common Sandpipers, three Whimbrels, six Chiffchaffs, two Willow Warblers and a Siskin

The work on the mesh and the steps for the Heligoland trap was finished today - the lads have done a fantastic job! Many thanks to the Sandwell crew.

Steps in progress © Fiona Bithell

The finished product! Many thanks to John, Mick and Ross (L to R), and to Andy for organising everything © Fiona Bithell 

Work for the Manx Shearwater productivity project began in the afternoon, which aims to show the number of successful pairs. Further Chough monitoring work was also done at the South End.

A peaking sun behind the Mountain © Ollie King

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