As forecast, a much fairer day albeit still pretty brisk throughout. Despite the wind veering towards the northwest it was the sea that stole the show at the Bill, with
Balearic Shearwaters moving strongly for the first couple of hours of the morning when 225 were logged heading west; a steady passage of
Gannets and
Kittiwakes totalled 300 and 258 respectively, whilst some quality came in the form of two
Arctic Skuas and singles of
Sooty Shearwater,
Long-tailed Skua and
Arctic Tern. Overhead passage was conspicuous for a while, with 600
Meadow Pipits, 250
Swallows and 8
Siskins amongst the miscellany on the move over the Bill, but it remained quiet on the ground with 20
Wheatears the best on offer there.
Grounded migrants have been really sparse this week with Wheatears providing some of the only variety amongst the seasonable spread of Meadow Pipits and alba wagtails © Martin Cade:
