It was a day of very light variable winds and sunny intervals. Seawatching highlights included one pale-bellied and seven dark-bellied Brent Geese flying north, four Arctic Skuas and 622 Little Gulls moving south. West of the Dykes, 94 Pink-footed Geese flew east over Buckton.
There was an influx of Common Buzzards, involving 14 over the Outer Head including a ‘kettle’ of 10 birds; five were noted west of the Dykes.
The Eastern Subalpine Warbler re-appeared on the south side of the Gorse Field this morning, having initially been seen on 1st September! A Tree Pipit overflew the village and two Yellow-browed Warblers were at Old Fall, with another three birds in the Buckton area.
A Hummingbird Hawkmoth was trapped at YWT’s Living Seas Centre.
