Is the wind ever going to stop? It has seemed almost relentless since last November and today was no exception. Not a single new bird was trapped throughout an entire morning in the garden, and the only lingering bird was yesterday's
Bullfinch. The sea was woefully quiet with just two
Red-
throated Divers, three
Manx Shearwaters and 14
Common Scoter through off the Bill. Other migrants at the Bill were limited to five
Song Thrushes (including a very grey individual) as well as six
Wheatears. Random additions to the tally from elsewhere included singles of
Mute Swan and
Dunlin at Chesil Cove and 15
Black-headed Gulls and a
Red-throated Diver through at Portland Harbour.