Numbers of Rock Pipit have been very poor so far this autumn.
A Ruff flying south then inland is the first of its kind noted here since 2019. A wet morning suppressed migration until Starlings started coming in off the sea late morning with 520 counted arriving up to mid-day. Heading south 74 Goldfinch, 69 Brent, 22 Mipit, 18 Black-headed Gull, 11 Teal, 9 Knot, 8 Dunlin, 7 Linnet, 6 Skylark, 5 Lapwing, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Common Gull, 3 Common Scoter, 3 Wigeon, 2 Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Turnstone, Curlew, Great Crested Grebe, Oyk, Red-throated Diver & Siskin plus northbound 3 Common Scoter & Gannet. Observations of grounded migrants minimal due partly to rain but the impression gained is that there is not a lot of migrants in the bushes.
Ringing: 2 Chaffinch, 1 Robin, 1 Wren.