23rd September 2014

A moderate westerly wind with gradually cloudy skies prevailing. Seawatching produced 85 Pink-footed Geese flying south, three dark-bellied Brent Geese north, 80 Red-throated Divers flying south, a Blue Fulmar south, a Great Shearwater heading north, 53 Sooty Shearwaters, 182 Common Terns flying north and  1270 Little Gulls doing the same.

Thornwick Pool hosted a Grey Heron, three Wigeon, 13 Teal and single Jack Snipe, Snipe and Dunlin. Migrant passerines included single Red-breasted Flycatcher and Yellow-browed Warbler in the Outer Head gardens.

Red-breasted Flycatcher, Outer Head, Martin Garner
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Outer Head, Martin Garner