Still not a sniff of things getting beyond the entirely mundane - one day the wind will drop but that day wasn't today! Under a clearer sky visible passage was conspicuous with a steady trickle of flocks of
Meadow Pipits and
Linnets struggling through overhead, with a
Woodlark over Pennsylvania Castle and 2
Merlins over the Bill the pick of the tag-alongs. Grounded migrants were pitifully few and far between with 2
Firecrests at Wakeham/Pennsylvania Castle easily the best. The brent flock has been building steadily on The Fleet and the winter's first
Black Brant showed up amongst them at Ferrybridge this morning.