20th August 2015

After a heavily overcast start to the day, the weather brightened and it was sunny with light/moderate southerly winds. During the seawatch, two Tufted Ducks flew south, 68 Common Scoter moved north, 186 Oystercatchers and 140 Knot went south, as did two Bar-tailed Godwits. A Wood Sandpiper flew in off the sea, whilst one Arctic Skua and two Bonxies headed south and single Little Gulls flew north and south.

Thornwick Pools attracted an Oystercatcher, five Dunlin, a Common Sandpiper, one Snipe, two Knot, a Wood Sandpiper, one Greenshank, a Ringed Plover and three Black-tailed Godiwts, along with 12 Teal, a juvenile Mediterranean Gull, a Grey Wagtail and a Cuckoo.

The adult Caspian Gull was still present on the Golf Course early morning and the adult Yellow-legged Gull again roosted there during the evening. Single Hobby and Merlin were recorded over the headland.

Migrants included a Wryneck in Bay Brambles below the Lighthouse, three Pied Flycatchers, four Garden Warblers, a Whinchat, one Redstart and a Reed Warbler.

A Common Sandpiper was on Buckton Pond and a Wheatear in the nearby Dell.

Grey Heron, Thornwick Pools, by Andrew Allport
Grey Heron, Thornwick Pools, by Andrew Allport
Black-tailed Godwits, Thornwick Pools, by Tony Simpson
Black-tailed Godwits, Thornwick Pools, by Tony Simpson
Yellow-legged Gull, Outer Head, by Andy Hood
Yellow-legged Gull, Outer Head, by Andy Hood
Wryneck, Bay Brambles, by Craig Thomas
Wryneck, Bay Brambles, by Craig Thomas