Collared Dove and Northern Wheatear new for the year

Now that British Summer Time is here and the days are getting longer, post-work visits to the patch are possible. I was hoping the overnight rain might have grounded some migrants and my optimism was rewarded with two cracking male Northern Wheatears on the Pura Foods peninsula; an unexpexted bonus was the Collared Dove whipping through east at bushtop height, it's just about annual these days, nearly all records being in the spring or early summer. The only other migrant was a calling Chiffchaff at the basin. Other highlights today included three Shelduck, 26 Common Teal, 53 Tufted Duck, including the Portuguese female with the red nasal saddle first recorded last year, two Common Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, two singing Chaffich and a singing Linnet.