27th March 2013 – overcast/snow showers NE3
Offshore
A check over only produced a single Red-throated Diver.
Grounded Migrants
The first Wheatear has arrived (26th) and grounded birds today involved 25 Meadow Pipit, 3 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush and 3 Blackbird.
Diurnal Migration
A few Meadow Pipit struggled through.
Miscellaneous
A Little Egret, 20 Twite and 2 Raven were the best of the rest.
Ringing
A Chaffinch ringed on the island on 28th October 2008 was recovered at Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, THE NETHERLANDS (603km ESE) on 18th March 2012. A total of 49 birds of 8 species were ringed during the month. Individual totals were Blackbird (19), Goldfinch (15), Chaffinch (5), Robin (5), Song Thrush (2), Goldcrest (1), Reed Bunting (1), Greenfinch (1).
