An exciting start to the morning with Redwings, Song Thrushes and Blackbirds whizzing around in the calm, misty dawn - what east coast October mornings should be like! It petered out fairly quickly but there was plenty to look at throughout the day with grounded migrants comprising 70 Song Thrushes, 25 Redwings, 35 Blackbirds, 35 Robins, 2 Wheatears, 6 Chiffchaffs, 2 Chaffinches, 3 Grey Wagtails, 25 Meadow Pipits, 2 Blackcaps and a Willow Warbler.
A special mention goes to the first bird of the morning taken out of a net - a Robin bearing a Lithuanian ring, apparently only the fourth Lithuanian Robin controlled in the UK.
The murky conditions didn't allow any landbird vis mig to get going but the sea remained fairly clear so there was a good, varied southerly movement offshore which included 1,727 Brent Geese, 412 Wigeon, 188 Teal, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers, 12 Pintail, 21 Tufted Duck, 4 Pochard, 94 Common Scoter, 5 Shoveler, 3 Eiders, 2 Shelduck, 2 Curlew, 14 Lapwings, 6 Knot, 8 Grey Plover, 46 Dunlin, 4 Sandwich Terns, a Guillemot, 55 Cormorants, 11 Red-throated Divers, 110 Black-headed Gulls and 15 Mediterranean Gulls.
Ringing: Blackbird 6, Song Thrush 12, Robin 13, Redwing 2, Chiffchaff 3, Blackcap 1, Willow Warbler 1, Grey Wagtail 1
