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Thursday 2nd September 2021


Turnstone

 Same same again, weather wise, overcast with the moderate northerly breeze flirting with the east; as in the last few days there was a little smattering of migrants across the reserve which today included a Grasshopper Warbler on The Butts, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 5 Wheatears, a Pied Flycatcher, 2 Reed Warblers, 4 Whinchats, a Redstart, 3 Whitethroats, 2 Lesser Whitethroats and 4 Willow Warblers.

Offshore, the few birds of note comprised a Curlew, 6 Common Scoter, 13 Teal, 13 Gannets, a Golden Plover and 4 Oystercatchers.

Ringing: Sparrowhawk 1, Reed Warbler 2, Willow Warbler 2, Pied Flycatcher 1


We weren't expecting to add Golden-rod Brindle to the site list.   Its a northern species that has presumably wandered down in this northerly airflow.