Barring an interlude of light rain either side of midday today's relatively quiet conditions saw a little bit of movement overhead and on the sea. Offshore, the first passing
Sandwich Tern of the spring was the pick of a selection that otherwise included 115
Kittiwakes, 13
Red-throated Divers, 9 arriving
Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 2
Mediterranean Gulls. Passerines arriving from the south included 7
Meadow Pipits, 3
alba wagtails, 3
Carrion Crows and a
Siskin. It remained pretty deadly on the ground at the Bill, with a lone
Redwing of note along with the continuing
Hooded Crow hybrid and a few of the regular winterers. Elsewhere a
Black Redstart was at Fortuneswell and 2
Black-necked Grebes remained in Portland Harbour.