The first calm morning for a few days and there were good numbers of birds on the land and passing overhead. There were at least 120 Chiffchaffs and 40 Blackcaps on the land and variety provided by a party of eight Bearded Tits in the Trapping Area, a Grasshopper Warbler, a Dartford Warbler, three Redwings, three Song Thrushes, a Spotted Flycatcher, two Whinchats and four Wheatears. Overhead migration also picked up with 1500 Swallows, two Tree Sparrows, a Yellow Wagtail, a Grey Wagtail, 140 Meadow Pipits, a Tree Pipit, two Rock Pipits, the first Brambling of the autumn, 30 Goldfinches, seven Siskins and 32 Reed Buntings. The sea remains extremely quiet though with just 12 Wigeon, a Little Gull, 11 Mediterranean Gulls and five Arctic Skuas of any interest.
Four Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.
Two Mediterranean Stick-insects were found in the Observatory garden.