Another day of sunny intervals and occasional light showers, an increasingly blustery south-west wind and temperatures that reached 14 degrees C. The morning’s seawatch featured five Shelduck, three Tufted Ducks, nine Red-throated Divers, a Manx Shearwater and a Bonxie; the highlight related to four Little Terns that flew south, while four Lesser Redpolls in off were notable.
A female Garganey at Thornwick Pools was new for the year, whilst the Hoopoe continued to make sporadic appearances on the bowling green, where it showed well. Equally scarce in the local context, a Nightjar overflew the Gorse Field. Additional migrants included one Little Egret, a Hobby, 278 Swallows south, a Ring Ouzel, the year’s first Wood Warbler at Old Fall, two Spotted Flycatchers, two Redstart, a Whinchat, 61 Wheatears and two Siskin.
