There were relatively overcast skies, a blustery south-west wind and high of 21 degrees C. Waders were on the move, with nine Golden Plovers, 45 Whimbrel, 48 Black-tailed Godwits and 36 Redshank south past the Fog Station. A total of 273 Sandwich Terns flew north, while larid interest included two juvenile Caspian Gulls, a Yellow-legged Gull and a Mediterranean Gull. A juvenile Caspian Gull also visited Thornwick Lakes, while the nearby Pools attracted a Ringed Plover, a Little Ringed Plover and two Dunlin. Single Marsh Harrier and Merlin hunted the North Marsh area, but the day’s biggest surprise related to a Green Woodpecker at Oceanview; the year’s third record of a species that is usually less than annual.
