A decent little flurry of migrants today that were enjoyed in the most pleasant calm, sunny and warm conditions - what was not to like! The day's oddest event came early when a party of 14 Greylag Geese arrived in off the sea at the Bill before the sun had even risen. Grounded and overflying migrants were quickly in evidence, with final totals from the Bill that included 65 Swallows, 54 Sand Martins, 50 Swifts, 40 Willow Warblers, 30 Wheatears, 25 Sedge Warblers, 10 Yellow Wagtails, 6 Sanderlings, 4 Ringed Plovers, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 Tree Pipits, 2 Grasshopper Warblers, a Dunlin and a Turnstone. Further up island a Serin was a very unexpected fly-by at Sweethill - we can't recollect a previous August record for the island - whilst, bar a modest increase in Ringed Plovers, the Ferrybridge waders totals remained much as they have done for the last week or more. In near-millpond conditions not much was expected from the sea and the only rewards off the Bill were 34 Sandwich Terns, 11 Balearic Shearwaters, 3 Mallards and a Manx Shearwater.
