A day of moderate/stromg south-westerly winds, sunny intervals and temperatures reaching 22 degrees C. During the morning seawatch 24 Oystercatchers, 14 Whimbrel, 25 Knot, three Sanderling and 45 Redshank headed south, whilst 68 Sandwich Terns, two Common Terns and an Arctic Tern flew north. South Landing attracted a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull and two juvenile Mediterranean Gulls. The day’s highlight related to a juvenile Green Woodpecker seen in South Dykes, with a Cuckoo at nearby South Landing.
Two Green Sandpipers remained in residence at Buckton Pond, with a Marsh Harrier hunting the cliff top adjacent to Buckton Hall.
