More of the same today, with both passerines and waders still well-represented. The grounded migrant tally at the Bill included 60 Willow Warblers, 15 Sedge Warblers, 2 Garden Warblers and a Reed Warbler, with singles of Little Ringed Plover and Greenshank overhead. Ferrybridge chipped in with 75 Dunlin, 45 Ringed Plovers, 7 Sanderling and singles of Curlew, Whimbrel and Turnstone. Totals from the sea didn't amount to much, with just 17 Common Scoter, 11 Sandwich Terns, 7 Balearic Shearwaters and 3 Manx Shearwaters through off the Bill, although a distant feeding flock of 200 Gannets provided constant interest since a large group of Common Dolphins and at least 2 petrels were also in attendance - the petrels were presumed from their behaviour to be Storm Petrels although at at least two miles range there was not a hope of resolving any other details!
Long-distance moth migration might have largely fizzled out in recent days but, as often happens at this time of year, there are shorter-distance dispersers or strays to get amongst that are frequently far rarer for us than many of the migrant rarities. Debby Saunders did well at Sweethill last night with singles of Italian Bark Moth and Toadflax Brocade that are their third and fourth island records respectively © Debby Saunders...
Vaughan Ashby –
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