Yesterday's events suggested that Balearic Shearwaters were beginning to reoccupy local waters and that certainly came to pass today with a good showing off the Bill - numbers were debatable but 108 heading in one direction before a lot of toing and froing set in was the bare minimum. A strong westbound passage of 350 Kittiwakes was also of note, whilst 2 passing Great Crested Grebes added to their already good tally this summer; a minimum of 3 Yellow-legged Gulls were also kicking about. Passerine passage has been struggling to get any real momentum, with today's 5 Willow Warblers, 2 Sedge Warblers and a Reed Warbler a poor showing on the ground at the Bill, where no more than a handful of hirundines and a single Ringed Plover passed overhead. Wader variety stalled, with 47 Dunlin, 7 Curlews, a Whimbrel and a Redshank the best of it at Ferrybridge.
