Despite improved conditions - for birding if not for migration - there was scarcely any improvement in migrant numbers today. The
Wheatear tally did just scrape into double figures at the Bill but singles of
Black Redstart and
Willow Warbler were the only other certain new arrivals on the ground there. Numbers overhead were a little higher although the likes of 163
Meadow Pipits north along West Cliffs during a sterling three and a half hour sample watch was hardly something to shout about. The
Sooty Shearwater remained off the Bill, where totals of c700
Manx Shearwaters, c80
Sandwich Terns, 4
Canada Geese and 2
Red-throated Divers also made the log.
