An overcast day, calm first thing, before a light south-westerly developed, and temperatures peaking at 19 degrees C. South Landing hosted single Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Turnstone and four Dunlin. A scattering of migrant passerines included a Tree Pipit at North Landing, Garden Warbler and Reed Warbler near the Lighthouse/Bay Brambles and a Spotted Flycatcher at Danes Dyke.
The day’s highlight was located west of the Dykes, with a ringtail Hen Harrier hunting the cliff top at Buckton. Other sightings from the same area included a Marsh Harrier, Hobby, two Swifts and 20 Yellow Wagtails.
