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6th Sep

The Wryneck was still present and there was also a decent arrival of migrants with 60 Willow Warblers, 14 Blackcaps, two Garden Warblers, 12 Lesser Whitethroats, 25 Whitethroats, three Spotted and two Pied Flycatchers, two Redstarts, an excellent total of  22 Whinchats, 12 Wheatears, 12 Yellow Wagtails, four Grey Wagtails and three Tree Pipits.

Three hours of seawatching during the day produced just 24 Teal, a Shoveler, 16 Wigeon, 150 Sandwich Terns, 14 Little Terns, an Arctic Tern and three Arctic Skuas.

Six Porpoises, two Grey Seals and two Common Seals offshore..

The moth traps produced a Dusky Thorn, another three Beautiful Marbleds and two Scarce Bordered Straws of note. A female Southern Oak Bush-cricket was seen in the Observatory Garden.

A first-winter Red-necked Phalarope was showing very well at the southern end of Lade Pit.


Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus   first-winter   Lade Pit   6th September 2024



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