16th March
The day's rather glorious unbroken sunshine wasn't at all
conducive to dropping migrants in any quanity although there was a steady
passage overhead. The less mentioned about the land the better: a Red-legged
Partridge was an unexpected turn-up at the Bill (although it was actually first
heard calling the day before yesterday), but the handful of migrants there included
nothing better than a single Black Redstart; it was much busier overhead, with
the first 3 Sand Martins of the spring mingled amongst the steady stream of
incoming Meadow Pipits and alba wagtails. Seawatching at the Bill came up with
singles of Red-throated Diver, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver,
Brent Goose and Iceland Gull, and one of the Black Guillemots was again in
Portland Harbour.