Although passerine passage didn't pick up at all in the continuing blustery northwesterlies today wasn't without a few snippets of quality, notably a decent count of at least 92
Balearic Shearwaters through off the Bill; the sea also came up with 22
Manx Shearwaters, 3
Great Skuas, 2
Arctic Skuas and a
Yellow-legged Gull, with another
Yellow-legged Gull dropping in at Ferrybridge. A scatter of
Wheatears around the Bill totalled 17, with 3
Yellow Wagtails, a
Grey Heron and a
Tree Pipit of minor note amongst what few other grounded migrants were on offer.
A part of 25-30
Bottle-nosed Dolphins were off the east side of the island for much of the day.
Singles of
Rusty-dot Pearl and
Silver Y were the night's only immigrant moth captures at the Obs.
Yellow-legged Gull and Herring Gull at Ferrybridge this morning © Pete Saunders:
