That’s better …. passerines arrived in numbers as high pressure nudged further east into the North Sea. There was thick mist and light drizzle at first light and a heavy overcast for the majority of daylight hours; very light north-easterly winds and a maximum of 14 degrees C.
An all time record day for Barnacle Geese: 610 flew south in numerous skeins, with two flocks of 50 birds each re-orientating back north. Three Short-eared Owls also flew in off the sea and headed west, as did one Woodcock, while the Red-breasted Merganser remained off South Landing. Thrushes arrived en masse including 6100 Redwing, 560 Fieldfare, 675 Blackbirds, 28 Song Thrush and a Mistle Thrush. Additional passerine totals included 175 Skylark, three Cetti’s Warblers, nine Yellow-browed Warblers, a Red-breasted Flycatcher (Old Fall), three Grey Wagtails and 80 Brambling.
Seawatch highlights included four dark-bellied Brent Geese, four Pochard, three Goldeneye, 50 Little Gulls, a Mediterranean Gull and an adult Pomarine Skua.
Elsewhere, a Yellow-browed Warbler was at Buckton Pond.
