Interlude over

Unfortunately you have to listen to me, Simon again on the blog after yesterday's pleasant interlude from Jen!   The conditions remain the same with bright sunshine and a NE wind so unsurprisingly the ringing totals were also pretty similar; 36 new birds were caught including another Tree Pipit, 2 Redstarts, a nice influx of 7 Lesser Whitethroats (plus a returning bird originally ringed in May 2012) and 13 Willow Warblers.
   Two Serins flew over the station in the morning along with a few Tree Pipits and Swallows while 3 Buzzards and a Marsh Harrier drifted south together at lunchtime.

The Willow Warblers included this pale 'northern' bird

 

There was a little action on the sea for a couple of hours in the morning with 5 Arctic Skuas east along with a trickle of Little Gulls (55 seen from the station), 10+ Little Terns, a single Black Tern and a few Divers with 4 Black-throated and a Red-throated seen.   20 Sand Martins were around the point in the late afternoon.