Its beginning to feel rather 'do or die' and all we can do is wait and see whether our Yank decides to turn up. Whilst we're waiting, the sea produced another small string of 12
Balearic Shearwaters, 2
Manx Shearwaters, 10
Common Scoters, 1
Great Skua, 2
Mediterranean Gulls, and the first
Great Northern Diver of the autumn. Land-based migrants were limited to a lingering
Spotted Flycatcher (which managed to put on 0.6g throughout the day despite the weather), 5
Wheatears, 28
Swallows, 2
Blackcaps, 1
Chiffchaff and 4
Chaffinches.