A mysterious day as a phone call warning of an impending
Hooded Crow go everyone scanning the incoming Corvids. Victory, however, was short-lived and after being spotted coming in off the Bill it was immediately lost and never re-found. Despite the second
Serin of the year being at Weston, it was an otherwise disappointing day with a vast reduction in movement up the West Cliffs compared to the previous day. Migrant highlights at the Bill were limited to singles of
Whitethroat and
Black Redstart, 18
White Wagtails and three
Yellow Wagtails. Elsewhere on the island, Reap lane saw three
Whinchats, two
Redstarts and a
Merlin. The sea was relatively quiet with two apiece of
Bonxie and
Arctic Skua the only real excitement.
It hasn't been easy to see grounded Yellow Wagtails with the blue skies we've been experiencing. This one decided to linger and appeared very taken with the local horses, plenty of calling and eye contact going on... ©Erin Taylor