For the most part today's rewards were very low key although a
Sooty Shearwater through off the Bill was a notable exception as it constituted only the third record for the month of April. The sea provided most of the other interest as well, with
Manx Shearwaters an ever-present feature off the Bill (certainly numbering in the low hundreds even if there did look to be a degree of circulation to their movements) where 5
Red-throated Divers, 2
Tufted Duck and singles of
Great and
Arctic Skua were the best of the rest. The singing
Black Redstart remained at Easton and 2
Ring Ouzels were new arrivals/discoveries at Nicodemus Knob but more routine migrants were few and far between.
The Southwell Barn Owls have generally been poor performers of late but did put on a good show this evening © Pete Saunders: