Migration slowly ground its way into first gear with a slight improvement on previous days totals. The only birds to appear in any numbers included: 24
Grey Wagtails, 6
Alba Wagtails, 27
Yellow Wagtails. Birds appearing in singles or low figures included:
Yellow-legged Gull,
Short-
eared Owl,
Common Sandpiper,
Tree Pipit,
Blackcap,
Sedge Warbler and
Reed Warbler. The sea produced a small selection of 10
Balearic Shearwaters, 9
Black-
headed Gulls, 4
Mediterranean Gulls, 1
Yellow-
legged Gull, 1
Great Skua and 5
Common Scoters.
Ferrybridge totals amounted to: 4
Knot, 4
Sanderling, 70
Dunlin and 32
Ringed Plovers.
With juveniles in short supply Sanderling numbers have been on the low side at Ferrybridge - today's four were the most youngsters seen there so far this autumn © Debby Saunders: