7th May

Thick fog, brought in by the brisk, chilly easterly wind lasted until late morning but there were good numbers of new migrants around Spurn; I had the nets open at Kew through most of the morning but without too much reward as I caught a smart adult female Sparrowhawk and single Blackcap, Willow Warbler and Sedge Warbler.

                Migrants seen through the rest of the day included my first 6 Spotted Flycatchers of the year (two at Kew and four at Sammy’s), a Mealy Redpoll, a Whinchat, a female Ring Ouzel, 2 Reed Warblers at Sammy’s Point, a Little Ringed Plover which few up the Humber, a Cuckoo, the pair of Garganey still on Holderness Field and a Marsh Harrier which flew south late afternoon.

 

Spotted Flycatcher

Whinchat

Mealy Redpoll (probably!)

Wheatear

 

Tree Sparrow

Goldfinch

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