More of the same today: always the feel that there was something to be unearthed but whatever it was it didn't materialise or couldn't be found! The migrant tally ticked along with a scatter of
Wheatears,
Whinchats,
Reed Warblers,
Blackcaps,
Chiffchaffs,
Willow Warblers and
Spotted Flycatchers dotted about on the ground and a few
Swifts and
hirundines - along with 2 each of
Tree Pipit and
Yellow Wagtail - through overhead; in the context of the island and what we're hoping it might presage, an increase to 3
Corn Buntings - 2 together at Barleycrates Lane and the single at the Bill - were a very welcome sight. Offshore, an unexpected resurgence in
Common Scoter passage saw 200 logged passing the Bill, with 2
Balearic Shearwaters also through there; additionally, overnight the first
Storm Petrel of the year was sound-lured and trapped at the Bill tip.
One of the day's half a dozen Spotted Flycatchers © Debby Saunders:
