By Thomas Weston
Fog and strong winds cloaked the island with frequent rain too.
Greg was on census after a late night in the Tavern, but alas did not see much on his travels apart from a Green Sandpiper at Quarter Wall Pond. The day for me was spent in the Tavern. The poor weather outside was reflected by the number of people inside the Tavern. On my break, I took a leisurely walk down to Millcombe to help the Houskeeping team, hearing a Pied Flycatcher and a Goldcrest on the way down, plus more Robins. The weather cleared for a few seconds, the sun shone, but that was short lived and it went again. The rain descended and so I spent the rest of my break at the house, doing a little garden birding. Starlings and House Sparrows joined the Mallards, plus our odd-sounding Carrion Crow that was still calling like an alarm, or someone's phone! Back at the Tavern, I learnt that Greg had spotted a couple of Glossy Ibis flying passed Quarry Beach. These are only the 4th record for the island ever and it was nice to get this report on such a breezy, cloudy, foggy and at times damp day. Hopefully they are refound soon!