The main interest was at the Patch were there were three first-year Mediterranean Gulls, two adult Little Gulls, 15 Yellow-legged Gulls and two juvenile Black Terns.

Migrants on land were virtually non-existent with just one Willow Warbler being seen.

The Patch again provided some interest with two juvenile Mediterranean Gulls, one of which was bearing a Belgian colour ring (see image), two Little Gulls and the re-appearance of the adult Caspian Gull first seen on the Reserve on July 16th and again at the Patch on July 24th and 25th. Four Yellow-legged Gulls were also seen. 

Thirty Common Scoters were also seen offshore.

There were three juvenile Mediterranean Gulls, three adult Little Gulls and two Yellow-legged Gulls at the Patch.

There were very few birds at the Patch but they did include two juvenile Mediterranean Gulls and an adult Little Gull.

Very few migrants at first light but a few Wheatears, two Sedge Warblers and 12 Willow Warblers arrived during the day and the Pied Flycatcher remained in the area.

An evening check at the Patch produced eight juvenile Mediterranean Gulls and three adult Little Gulls and five Black Terns flew west.

The best arrival of the autumn so far with 120 Willow Warblers and small numbers of other migrants including a Redstart, two Sedge Warblers, two Lesser Whitethroats, two Garden Warblers, four Blackcaps and a  Pied Flycatcher was controlled.

At least six juvenile/first-winter Mediterranean Gulls, a Little Gull and two Yellow-legged Gulls remained at the Patch and an Arctic Tern was a new arrival.

Willow Warblers arrived in good numbers again with at least 75 in the area along with a Sedge Warbler, two Lesser Whitethroats, two Garden Warblers and a Blackcap.

Four juvenile Mediterranean Gulls were seen at the Patch along with an adult Little Gull, four adult Yellow-legged Gulls and a juvenile Little Tern. A Peregrine Falcon made a brief sortie over the Patch before flying west.

Good numbers of birds also moved west at sea including ten Fulmars, 73 Gannets, nine Arctic Skuas, 167 Sandwich Terns, 432 Common Terns and 33 Black Terns whilst at the Patch there were at least five juvenile/first winter Mediterranean Gulls, two adult Little Gulls, eight Yellow-legged Gulls and a juvenile Arctic Tern.

The sea also produced a few birds with seven Manx Shearwaters (six E, one W) and seven Arctic Skuas apparently loafing offshore. At the Patch there were three juvenile Mediterranean Gulls, two adult Little Gulls and seven Black Terns.

Migrants continue to appear in very small numbers on the land with a Sedge Warbler, ten Willow Warblers of note and a Pied Flycatcher in the Lighthouse Garden.

The Patch also produced a few birds with an adult and four juvenile Mediterranean Gulls, an adult Little Gull, four Yellow-legged Gulls, a juvenile Arctic Tern and 11 Black Terns.

A few more migrants arrived today with at least 35 Willow Warblers, a Garden Warbler and the first Whinchat of the autumn and 24 Yellow Wagtails flying over.

The Patch held similar birds to recent days with two juvenile Mediterranean Gulls, three adult Little Gulls, eight Yellow-legged Gulls, two Black Terns and, in addition, the reappearance of the adult Caspian Gull previously seen on several occasions over the last three weeks.

Willow Warblers continued to arrive with at least 100 in the area but the only other migrants of note were singles of Whinchat, Sedge Warbler and Garden Warbler.

Offshore, three Arctic Skuas were seen and at the Patch there was a juvenile Mediterranean Gull, three adult Little Gulls, three Yellow-legged Gulls and six Black Terns.

The Patch held a juvenile Caspian Gull in addition to two juvenile Mediterranean Gulls, two adult Little Gulls, eight Yellow-legged Gulls and two Black Terns.

A late evening seawatch produced 21 Arctic Skuas (with one earlier in the day) and 80 Sandwich Terns, all heading west in about 90 minutes.

There were just two Black Terns and two Yellow-legged Gulls at the Patch and 13 Arctic Skuas were seen during the day. A flock of 13 Turnstones was on the beach at the fishing boats.

Nine Arctic Skua flew west during the early morning and a Great Skua flew west in the evening. The Turnstone flock at the fishing boats increased to 24 and there was a juvenile Mediterranean Gull, three Yellow-legged Gulls and four Black Terns at the Patch.

Very few grounded migrants in the area so it was a surprise to get a phone call from one of the local residents to say he had a strange warbler in his garden. A short time later we were able to confirm his suspicions that it was a Melodious Warbler as it gave good views and fed very actively around the area of gardens. It was elusive at times though and was last in the early evening. A few fairly poor images were taken with two shown below:

Other grounded migrants included two Whinchats, two Sedge Warblers, 14 Willow Warblers and a Pied Flycatcher whilst overhead, a Greenshank, 100 Swallows, two Grey Wagtails and a Tree Pipit passed through

At sea, four Arctic Skuas flew west and there was a Black Tern offshore.

The best birds on the land were a Whinchat, three Lesser Whitethroats, singles of Garden Warbler and Blackcap, the first Chiffchaff and Spotted Flycatcher of the autumn and a Goldcrest.

At the Patch, the adult Caspian Gull made a reappearance whilst an adult Little Gull and six Yellow-legged Gulls were seen. Good numbers of Common Terns were also present and a Little Tern was found.

A single Arctic Skua passed through and there were 12 Turnstones on the beach at the fishing boats.

There was very little movement at sea but the Patch held a juvenile Mediterranean Gull, two adult Little Gulls and five Yellow-legged Gulls.

Smaller migrants included a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Tree Pipit, 25 Wheatears, four Lesser Whitethroats, single Garden Warbler and Blackcap, 50 Willow Warblers and a Spotted Flycatcher. Two Marsh Harriers also flew over the area and two Black Redstarts were seen near the Observatory.

There were very few birds at the Patch but an adult Mediterranean Gull and three juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls were seen.

There was also a reasonable arrival of commoner migrants with four Pied Flycatchers being particularly noteworthy along with two Tree Pipits, two Whinchats, ten Lesser Whitethroats, three Garden Warblers, 50 Willow Warblers and two Spotted Flycatchers.

About 150 Sand Martins also passed through and a Marsh Harrier was seen over the area. The Patch was very quiet with just an adult Little Gull of interest.

Some raptor passage was noted with a Marsh Harrier, three Sparrowhawks and three Hobbies being seen whilst small migrants included a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 60 Sand Martin, 35 Yellow Wagtails, a Garden Warbler and 20 Willow Warblers.

At sea, two Manx Shearwaters flew east and an adult Little Gull lingered offshore.

At least six Arctic Skuas were feeding offshore and a Manx Shearwater flew west.

Seawatching was also fairly quiet with just seven Eiders and  two Arctic Skuas  but at the Patch, the juvenile Caspian Gull (see images) gave good views along with eight Yellow-legged Gulls, five Little Gulls, a juvenile Mediterranean Gull and a Black Tern.

Just one Arctic Skua was seen at sea whilst the Patch held seven Yellow-legged Gulls, five Little Gulls, two juvenile Mediterranean Gulls and a Black Tern.

There was little change at the Patch with five Yellow-legged Gulls, five Little Gulls and two Mediterranean Gulls.