21st September

Another repeat, with even some pretty heavy duty all-island fieldwork returning precious few rewards. Meadow Pipits and hirundines continued to trickle through in fair numbers - the former reaching the 500 mark at the Bill - but it was the numbers and variety on the ground that were the big disappointment, with singles of Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat and Firecrest at High Angle Battery, Great Spotted Woodpecker at Wakeham and Southwell, and Water Rail and Pied Flycatcher at the Bill - along with the wide-ranging lingering Marsh Harrier - providing what little interest there was amongst the very thin spread of commoner migrants. A few additions of note overhead included 16 Siskins, a Lapwing and a Snipe through at the Bill and a Great White Egret south over Ferrybridge. Offshore, Balearic Shearwater numbers remained at a low level with just 19 through off the Bill, where a single Arctic Skua also passed by.