Isle of Wight April 23rd-26th continued.

The Pectoral Sandpiper was the obvious highlight but a variety of common migrants were noted arriving in small numbers, battling into the northerly headwind.

Wheatears were obvious each day we were out with most birds showing characters of birds of the Greenland (or Iceland form). They were large,richly coloured birds, some were not as intensely saturated on the underparts as a classic example of a Greenland race so perhaps these were of Icelandic origin.

Willow Warblers were noted each day in small numbers with birds seen arriving in off the sea. Some were very pale birds showing characters of the northern race acredula such as the individual at St Catherine's Point photographed below.

A couple of super looking male Whinchat made landfall along the cliff edge between West High Down and Tennyson Down.

A small fall of Garden Warblers and Lesser Whitethroats took place at St Catherines Point on 26th.

Wheatears in front of St Catherines Lighthouse, these were eventually seen to power off high to the north. Migration in action, magic.