Some encouraging signs of migrant action today, with a small flurry on the ground and a conspicuous pulse of hirundines moving through overhead into the brisk westerly breeze. Grounded numbers were hardly special but at the Bill Wheatears and Yellow Wagtails topped 80 and 40 respectively, whilst 5 Whinchats and a Pied Flycatcher was the best of the less frequent migrants; another 2 Pied Flycatchers were at Southwell. A steady post-dawn movement of hirundines included 300 Swallows and a rather early 100 House Martins through at the Bill, where 17 Tree Pipits and singles of Whimbrel, Wood Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper also passed over; the same or another Green Sandpiper also overflew Ferrybridge, where there was a good total of 9 Redshanks. The only other report was of the summering Eider still in Portland Harbour.
Immigrant moth numbers also registered an encouraging increase, with 24 Rusty-dot Pearl, 14 Silver Y, 3 Rush Veneer, 2 Hummingbird Hawkmoths and singles of Latticed Heath, Pearly Underwing and Scarce Bordered Straw caught overnight at the Obs.
