The day started with fog mixed with drizzle which turned to heavy rain mid-morning before finally clearing in the afternoon. Five Brent Geese were on Solfach early morning and consisted of four pale bellied Brent Geese and a single dark bellied Brent Goose. The Corncrake was again calling during the early morning. 

Brent Geese © Ed Betteridge

The weather seemed to have dropped in a good number of migrants including two Pied Flycatchers, the first Sedge Warbler of the year, three Tree Pipits, two Grasshopper Warblers, a Siberian Chiffchaff, 214 Blackcaps, 248 Willow Warblers, 27 Chiffchaffs, a Firecrest, 20 Redwings, a White Wagtail, a Common Sandpiper, two Golden Plovers, 16 Wheatears, three Sand Martins, 15 Swallows, a female Bullfinch and a Lesser Redpoll.

Ringing at Cristin in the Heligoland trap produced an impressive 42 Blackcaps, eight Chiffchaffs, four Willow Warblers and a Goldcrest. 

Redwing © Ed Betteridge

Pied Flycatcher on the South End cliffs © Jonathan Dodds