Another good morning of vis mig east over the Bay and Barrage. Watch from 07:15-11:15 produced the following counts:
Swallow (a mere) 1500
Goldfinch 700
Linnet 330
Meadow Pipit 270
Pied/White Wagtail 125
Siskin 87
Crossbill 9
Chaffinch 8
Skylark 6
Yellow Wagtail 2
Black-tailed Godwit 4 flew east roughly over Mermaid Quay at 10:05 (difficult to tell as I was watching them from the barrage but they passed in front of the Pierhead then Atradius). I thought there was a 5th godwit-sized bird without wing bars with them but couldn’t see any sign of it in the record shots I grabbed as they flew off.