10th September 2014

A light easterly wind and sunshine throughout. Seawatch highlights included seven Sooty Shearwaters flying north, one Balearic Shearwater, 220 Common Scoter, three Pomarine Skuas, 23 Arctic Skuas and two juvenile Long-tailed Skuas, all heading north, with a 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull and 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull heading south.

Thornwick Pool attracted three Teal, single Little Egret, Ruff, Little Stint and Black-tailed Godwit together with two Dunlin. A Shoveler remained on Buckton Pond. Five Common Buzzards flew over the Outer Head, whilst the Hobby remained in the same area. Passerine migrants included nine Whinchat within the vicinity of the Lighthouse and two Pied Flycatchers (near the Lighthouse and Cliff Lane, Bempton). An additional four Whinchat and a Spotted Flycatcher were at Buckton.

Black-tailed Godwit, Thornwick Pool, John Beaumont
Black-tailed Godwit, Thornwick Pool, John Beaumont
Hobby, John Beaumont
Hobby, John Beaumont