Portland - Thu 11 Apr

A return trip to Portland today in the hope that a morning visit would produce some migrants. As it happened it was very quiet! I walked along Barleycrates Lane, up West Cliffs for a while, and then down Reap Lane and back to the car. Several Wheatears were seen, and there was a good number of Swallows heading north, my first of the year. The highlight was a very smart male Redstart, by far the pick of the limited number of birds. A female-type Black Redstart was also seen, but that was about it!