The first rainfall for a while dropped a nice selection of waders at Ferrybridge, where 30
Dunlin, 11
Black-tailed Godwits, 3
Knot, 2 each of
Sanderling and
Common Sandpiper, and singles of
Whimbrel and
Redshank pitched up at various times. There were also hopes for the sea but just 14
Common Scoter, 4
Manx Shearwaters, 3
Sandwich Terns, 2
Mediterranean Gulls and an
Arctic Skua passed through off the Bill before heavy rain set in and prevented further coverage.
On a breezier night there was less moth activity than of late, with another 2
Small Marbled at the Obs the only rarities in the immigrant line.
The Black-tailed Godwits at Ferrybridge this morning © Pete Saunders: