29th September 2021

After a dull start, sunny intervals prevailed although temperatures remained pegged back at 14 degrees C in a moderate west-north-westerly wind. Seawatch highlights included 12 dark-bellied Brent Geese, a Goosander, 215 Teal, 123 Red-throated Divers, a Sooty Shearwater, 11 Bonxies and seven Arctic Skuas flying south; 42 Little Gulls and 14 Bottlenose Dolphins headed north.

The six Whooper Swans remained on the outer head. Thornwick Pools attracted a Pink-footed Goose, 48 Teal, four Wigeon, the juvenile Spotted Redshank, two Dunlin and two Snipe. Passerine migrant interest included single Spotted Flycatcher and Whinchat.

Whooper Swans, outer head, by Alan Walkington