A relatively quiet morning as the observatory bade farewell to its seasonal warden for the year. Still blackbirds arriving off the sea, some coming in with the container ships going into the docks. A woodcock on the beach was clearly fresh in and there was a small movement of red-throated divers off the beach, with 8 heading south and 4 heading north. 3 purple sandpipers, 4 turnstone and a rock pipit were on the jetty and 242 cormorants headed out of the river to feed.
It's very unusual to see Lathronympha strigiana on the wing this late in the year.
Birds Ringed: Blackbird 8, Wren 1.