An overcast day, with light/moderate northerly winds and temperatures reaching 18 degrees C. During the seawatch, a Shelduck, 18 Common Scoter, one Sooty Shearwater, 186 Sandwich Terns, 82 Common Terns, three Arctic Terns flew north, whilst three Wigeon, 32 Manx Shearwaters, four Bonxies and an Arctic Skua headed in the opposite direction.
Sightings from South Landing included a Little Egret, three Mediterranean Gulls and two Yellow-legged Gulls. A Black-tailed Godwit flew east, lone Sanderling and Green Sandpiper were present, whilst a juvenile Cuckoo frequented the cliff top near Old Fall. The Brown Argus butterfly remained in residence at South Landing.
The wing-tagged Marsh Harrier present at Buckton recently was a juvenile male, ringed as a chick at Burnham Norton, Norfolk on 28th June 2018.
