Whilst there were welcome hints of passage gathering ground
it was hardly a case of the flood-gates opening today. The first minor flurry
of 'crests included 2 Firecrests at Avalanche Road and 2 Goldcrests at the
Bill, a few Blackbirds and a Chiffchaff were new at the Bill and amongst a
small incoming passage of alba wagtails a single WhiteWagtail made it to Reap
Lane. Passage on the sea included 2 Pintails off Chesil Cove and 16
Red-throatedDivers, 12 CommonScoter and a GlaucousGull off the Bill. Among
the lingerers still about there were again 2 IcelandGulls at Chesil
Beach/Ferrybridge, 2 SlavonianGrebes off Chesil and singles of Red-neckedGrebe
and Eider (along with reduced totals of other divers and grebes) in Portland
Harbour.