After a really dreary, damp week it was a pleasure to at last have a day of almost unbroken sunshine even if the quality of the birding didn't improve in tandem. Migrant interest at the Bill consisted of 52
Redwings and a
Curlew through overnight, single figure totals of
Chiffchaffs,
Redwings and seemingly new
Stonechats on the ground by day and a couple of vismig
Carrion Crows arriving in off the sea; 6
Mediterranean Gulls and 3
Black-headed Gulls through offshore - together with 6
Common Scoter and 3
Red-throated Divers - also looked to be passing migrants. In situ winterers included 7
Purple Sandpipers at the Bill and a
Black Redstart at Blacknor.
The local inhabitants were looking good in the sunshine but there was little to excite by way of new arrivals today © Martin Cade: