A mini wreck of
Grey Phalaropes was the latest result from the relentless wind, with up 8 settled at Chesil Cove and another single through off the Bill;
Little Gulls also featured again, although today with no more than just 2 off the Bill and a single at the Cove, but the sea was otherwise very quiet. Clear skies at dawn saw some overhead passage develop, with 500
Goldfinches and 470
Stock Doves making up the bulk of the numbers at the Bill. At least 1
Snow Bunting remained at the Bill where there wasn't a great deal of evidence of new arrivals on the ground save for singles of
Ringed Plover,
Whimbrel and
Redwing.
Grey Phalarope and Little Gull past the Bill this morning...
...and one of the Grey Phalaropes at Chesil Cove © Pete Saunders:
There were some peculiar migration goings-on today, with almost all of the day's expected pigeon movement made up of single species flocks of Stock Doves that continued to trickle through until sunset © Jodie Henderson and Martin Cade:
