18th-20th April
Its been a rather quiet few days here with very little to get excited about, rubbish weather has played a large part in that with winds picking up on the 19th and making birding an unpleasant task. However improved conditions yesterday meant some staff were seen with bare skin showing, a novelty in April! Four Sandwich Terns at Nouster and a Manx Shearwater past the foghorn were highlight birds for the day on the 18th, a few Chiffchaff were scattered around the island but otherwise it was very quiet. This theme would continue into the next day, a cutting 40mph northerly made the mere thought of heading out the door an unpleasant one. The birding was predictably poor also with very little popping out of cover, a Willow Warbler being blown around the obs trapping area and a flock of 51 Black-tailed Godwits on Ancum were the only splashes of colour on a rather dreich day. A break in the weather on the 20th was a very welcome break from wind and rain, although the latter arrived in the l
