Whinchat
A nice day with a light northerly breeze and light cloud cover; it was perhaps, the first day of autumn proper - in terms of autumn passerines anyway as the little scatter of migrants across the area comprised 2 Whinchats, 2 Wheatears, a Redstart, 11 Willow Warblers, a Tree Pipit, a Reed Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtails, a Pied Flycatcher, 5 Lesser Whitethroats, 4 Whitethroats and a fine juvenile Cuckoo which found a mist-net early morning.
Conversely, the offshore passage was quieter today but birds of note did consist of 108 Teal, 8 Gadwall and 2 Oystercatchers whilst terns were conspicuous in their absence, partly we're sure due to the unprecedented 1,476 Common Terns which flew south yesterday evening - easily a record count and one that contained 6 Black Terns and 2 Little Terns.
Ringing: Cuckoo 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Pied Flycatcher 1
Bulrush Wainscot is a reedbed inhabitant only noted in a few previous years