Seawatching produced an unexpected movement of Balearic Shearwaters with at least 100 passing through along with the first three Brent Geese of the autumn, three Mediterranean Gulls, 200 Sandwich Terns, an Arctic Tern, a Black Tern and three Arctic Skuas.
On the land an Osprey, two Hobbies, 300 House Martins, four Grey Wagtails and nine Tree Pipits flew over. The bushes were generally quiet but a Firecrest, two each of Spotted and Pied Flycatchers and five Whinchats were of note.
Four Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.
The moth traps were quiet with just two Palpita vitrealis of note.
On the RSPB Reserve there was a juvenile White-winged Black Tern on Burrowes Pit along with 12 Black Terns. A Pectoral Sandpiper was seen at ARC Pit.
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| White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus first-winter Burrowes, RSPB 9th September 2024 |