Light/moderate variable winds featured throughout the day, with brighter conditions following rain during the morning. Seawatch records included a Red-throated Diver flying south, two Manx Shearwaters and three Barnacle Geese moving north, a single Pochard south, one Ringed Plover north, an immature Pomarine Skua flying south, a Bonxie north and two Sandwich Terns heading in the same direction.
Thornwick Pools attracted two Ringed Plovers and a Whimbrel overflew the Outer Head. A Turtle Dove appeared in the same area, but the highlight was a Bee-eater that initially flew east over Greenacres just gone 1510hrs. It was relocated over Head Farm, where it lingered for 10 minutes from 1525hrs, before it drifted east and wasn’t relocated. There was a scattering of passerine migrants including ten Wheatears, two White and one Yellow Wagtail, single migrant Reed and Garden Warblers and a Stonechat.
Amongst birds trapped and ringed were three Whitethroats, a Chiffchaff, one Blackcap and four Tree Sparrows.
Small numbers of migrants had also made landfall at Buckton, the best of which was a singing Icterine Warbler which wasn’t seen after mid-morning.
