As if to prove the old adage resoundingly true, yesterday's Swallow certainly didn't make a summer. In fact today's grim mix of an overcast sky, murky reduced visibility and a biting easterly wind wasn't even remotely spring-like, with the only new arrivals being a
Lapwing at the Bill, a
Black Redstart at Weston and a passage of 130
Black-headed Gulls through off Chesil. Other list-fillers from those brave enough to be out searching included single
Red-throated Divers through off the Bill and Chesil, a
Short-eared Owl at the Bill, 2
Black Redstarts and 2
Chiffchaffs at Church Ope Cove/Pennsylvania Castle and 72
Dark-bellied and a
Pale-bellied Brent Goose at Portland Harbour.