We're fans of changes in the weather but today's switch of the wind into the west after weeks of almost constant easterlies did no favours at all, with migrant numbers and variety hugely reduced. Two Hoopoes escaped the attention of almost everyone - one made a fleeting visit to Barleycrates Lane, whilst photos were again posted on Facebook of a second individual that continues to frequent a private garden at Southwell - and the only commoner migrants reported were a thin scatter of Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers on the ground, the first Lesser Whitethroat back on territory at Bumpers Lane and a few Swallows overhead. A steady passage of Kittiwakes offshore was accompanied by another 9 Red-throated Divers but the only other interest on the sea concerned a small evening movement of Manx Shearwaters.
