Well, there goes May and what a waste of time that was. A lack of any migrants has meant that I've done more sea watching this last month than I have in total over the last six years. Not that it's done me too much good.
The few highlights of the month were actually a couple of full fat patch ticks in the form of a singing grasshopper warbler on the 18th and a 1st summer little gull on the 29th. A couple of Canada geese on the 17th were only the second record and a great northern diver on the 10th was only the third.
A few waders during the month included a total of five wood sands and similar numbers of ringed plovers, but little else.
But the good news is that all those passerine migrants that haven't turned up yet are still to be had in the autumn and the patch total is still a quite respectable 95 species but is unfortunately a good few percentage points lower than this time last year at 84.37%.
Happy Days
Bushveld
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