A real end of summer feel to the birding saw a flurry of immature birds in the various trapping sites, including a third
Lesser Whitethroat in two days at Culverwell, indicating that the local breeders are beginning to wander further afield. Visible migration was kicking into action with 36
Sand Martins overhead, whilst overnight our nocmig recordings revealed a strong passage of
Common Sandpipers. A switch round on the sea saw the majority of the day's
shearwaters being
Manx with just two
Balearics logged. A juvenile
Yellow-
legged Gull off the Bill and an arrival of 40
Black-
headed Gulls at Ferrybridge added to the feel that things are beginning to wind down on the breeding front and autumn passage is gathering momentum.