Reports of local migrant sightings early on today really inspired me to get out after work, so headed to Brading RSPB. Caught up with a lovely male Garganey. Also heard my first cuckoo.
Two common sandpipers and c30 swallow.

Garganey

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cornwall

St caths

AM

Cold start. Not much to report. Both common and lesser whitethroat(s) were singing.

Common sandpiper at Brading P.M. Left as a thunder storm rolled in....

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WHD

Small fall of phylloscs - but not much else...

Fresh in along the south fence line

Some vids

West high down - Needles headland

Willow warblers predominated - 18
Redstart - 4
Blackcap - 8
Whitethroat - 3

The highlight tho: 1 grasshopper warbler reeling in a nearby garden.

male and female redstart respectively

Many WWs - a couple of my fave shots

Gropper - requires volume as other birds are vocal plus a badly timed lawnmower?

Apply park

Song thrush

Common sandpiper at Brading this evening. Plus a scattering of wheatear (8), greenshank (3), blackwit (7)

Distant - common sand with a blackwit

Long tailed tit - I'd been trying to photograph one for a while without much success - always seem restless, but this one arguably posed 

Brading NR Laundry lane

Willow warbler

Blackcap

Brading laundry lane P.M

East Wight - A.M

First stop Sandown canoe lake

Heard a willow warbler singing. Then saw it. My first of the year, but a few have already been seen locally and nationally.

Second stop was Bembridge down. Two willow warblers there too. And more along the footpath near Gander down.

willow warbler - Sandown

willow warbler - Bembridge down - with the text book longer primary projection

nothing

West high down - showery - AM

Fairly devoid of any 'spring migrants,' be it on the deck or flying over. But just as I was leaving I heard tacking - a ring ouzel - and it took a while to locate it visually, but eventually i saw it.

Brading NR/Laundry lane - after work P.M

Pretty quiet but a pleasant spring evening.

Required some patience - cetti's warbler shows briefly