This male Desert Wheatear was a nice surprise this morning!
First saw it at about 10:50 along the track near Captain Kites. It seemed quite happy there jumping around chasing insects despite being the coldest, windiest spot on the island! At about 11:20 it worked its way down the slope towards South Haven and I haven't seen it since, despite looking again a couple of times.
It was already a pretty good day before the wheatear - a flock of Crossbills flew west (that's the fourth time I've heard Crossbills on here & still never actually seen one!), a summer plumage Great Northern Diver flew north over the island, there were a few Blackbirds and Song Thrushes in, still a couple of Blackcaps in the ivy and there's a flock of 4 Black Redstarts in North Haven, including a stunning adult male