Another cold and clear day with light winds from the North. Barely a grounded migrant in the bushes but many Lesser whitethroats are now in, & singing across the patch. c25 Swallow 17 House Martin and 3 Sand Martin all north over the cliff tops, my best day for hirundines this spring. A female Merlin cut in the cliffs at Fan bay and headed north.
A Whimbrel flew North, viewed from Lighthouse down where a Greenshank was heard calling unseen.
Another Whimbrel was feeding on the ground in the overspill car park near Reach Road, where I stood as I picked up a male Hen Harrier gaining height above Fan bay, having presumably just come in off. A brief bit of mobbing from the local gulls and it continued NNE inland at height, the same line I’ve seen this species take here before. Poor pics below, shame it was miles away.