The colder northeasterlies are back and things have been pretty slow off the Bill. This morning's log HERE. Highlights were a Hobby in-off, a few Whimbrel and Commic Terns moving and I just about glimpsed and heard a Serin that Ian had coming in.
It's amazing how persistent the high pressure has been this Spring- almost a constant daily backdrop to the whole last two and a half months. Just a slight re-orientation is either bringing in continental warm air or colder polar air, both dry. Meanwhile the Sahara has had it's wettest winter in years with huge numbers of migrant moths in Southern Europe. Shame the wind is northeasterly but exciting to wait for the wind to come up from the south again.
I felt a bit birded out this afternoon so I took the opportunity to take the kids to the park and do some gardening around the Lodge. Still did some garden birding HERE, Whimbrel, Shelduck and Cuckoo were the highlights with singing Blackcaps, Chiffchaff and Whitethroats and Swifts and Swallows overhead.
Hobby in-off the Bill
More Whimbrelling past the Bill
Yesterday afternoon I took the boys to Arundel WWT. List HERE. Highlight was a Cattle Egret in adjacent fields and watching the Sand Martins flying low over the water. On the way we quickly stopped off at Ivy Lake where there were 200+ House Martin and 50+ Swifts over the lakes there too. The cold strong north east wind was obviously keeping them low hunting for inverts.
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