18th September 2024

The weather consisted of relatively overcast skies with some sunny intervals, especially towards the end of the day, a relatively light easterly wind and high of 16 degrees C. Autumn’s first Yellow-browed Warbler made landfall in South Landing, where it showed well in a flock of six Chiffchaffs.

A juvenile Sabine’s Gull again fed off the Fog Station, where sightings also included three Pale-bellied Brent Geese, a Black Tern, 138 Little Gulls, 32 Arctic Skuas and four Sooty Shearwaters. Two Wheatears and a Merlin were also recorded on the cliff top.

Kestrel, Thornwick, by Don Hustings