16th October 2017

The weather was mixed: a little light rain, a little fog, a little sunshine, but mainly hazy cloud with a red sun. After starting with light south-west winds, south-easterlies developed during the middle part of the day, before strong south-westerlies set in mid-afternoon. During the seawatch, 22 Common Scoter flew north and two Little Egrets headed south.

Twenty Shelduck, 40 Wigeon and a Little Egret flew past Danes Dyke, where the Nuthatch remained at the car-park. Thornwick Pools attracted 27 Teal, a Snipe, one Water Rail and the two Bearded Tits.

Passerine migrants included one Reed Warbler, a Yellow-browed Warbler, five Chiffchaff, one Ring Ouzel, 120 Redwing, 30 Blackbirds, a Whinchat, one Wheatear and one Black Redstart.

Redwing, North Landing, by Andy Hood