23rd September 2018

A light northerly wind gradually strengthened during a day that was largely sunny, with occasional, very light showers. Twelve hours of seawatching was rewarded with: 41 Wigeon, 56 Teal, two Mandarins, 56 Sooty Shearwaters, 207 Manx Shearwaters, a Balearic Shearwater, one Little Egret, a 2nd-winter Mediterranean Gull, 40 Bonxies and a juvenile Long-tailed Skua flying north. Birds heading south included 35 Pink-footed Geese, a Garganey, one Red-breasted Merganser, 74 Red-throated Divers, a Ruff and 32 Arctic Skuas. 

A Common Rosefinch frequented Old Fall Hedge early afternoon, whilst other sightings on the headland included a Redwing, 17 Siskin and the Pied Crow.

Snipe, Thornwick Pools, by Don Hustings