A light north-west wind, with unbroken sunshine after an overcast start. Seawatch highlights included a Sooty Shearwater flying north, five Little Gulls, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull and two Black Terns also flying north. A Hobby was watched chasing a Swift over the sea, with the same individual hunting over the village and Thornwick Pool later in the day.
Old Fall flashes hosted two Little Stints, a Curlew Sandpiper, nine Ruff, a Greenshank, one Green Sandpiper and two Snipe; there were also 47 Golden Plovers in the same area. Thornwick Pool held a Black-tailed Godwit, two Greenshank and three Dunlin. Three Common Buzzards toured the Outer Head, as did a creamcrown Marsh Harrier, whilst at least six Sparrowhawks were present.
Three Barred Warblers were noted during the day; yesterday’s bird remained at the southern end of Old Fall Hedge, with new arrivals discovered in a hedge further east and within the Gorse Field. Other passerine migrants included 40 Whinchats, 12 Wheatear, two Redstarts, two Tree Pipits, 45 Willow Warblers, 14 Chiffchaffs, six Lesser Whitethroats, 23 Whitethroats, six Blackcaps, two Garden Warblers, eight Sedge Warblers, 17 Goldcrests, nine Spotted and five Pied Flycatchers. Large numbers of Meadow Pipits were also present, with at least 1100 observed on the Outer Head, where there were also two Corn Buntings. Migrants at Buckton included two Goldcrest, four Yellow Wagtails, five Whinchat, two Wheatear and 150 Meadow Pipits.
