A largely quiet day was excellent for doing some much needed paper work, but pretty poor on the birding front. A troop of seven
Long-
tailed Tits ventured south into the obs garden for a brief morning visit and a
Woodcock was flushed from the hut fields, but otherwise birds recorded were our wintering residents. The sea provided a drop of excitement with a passing male
Eider but was otherwise woefully under-watched. The rest of the island remained mostly unchanged with the exception of a
Great Northern Diver entering into the Ferrybridge side of the fleet along with the long-staying
Knot and two
Bar-
tailed Godwits.
The first Great Northern Diver of the autumn to cross through into the Fleet © Debby Saunders:
Even on the quietest days there is always something of interest at Ferrybridge © Pete Saunders: