Nice easterlies with some annoying drizzle that lasted longer than it was predicted to made for some interesting observations, as we might expect. A short-eared owl was briefly on the reserve, along with an influx of thrushes, 25 redwing, 25 song thrush and 2 fieldfare in from the sea. An arctic skua went north and 2 pomarine skuas went south, our best skua day of the year, sadly. 1471 Brent geese south was a massive increase on the trickles we have been having, these were accompanied by 110 wigeon, 87 teal, 5 shoveler, a gadwall, 2 red-breasted merganser and 22 shelduck. 2 purple sandpipers were still on the jetty with 3 turnstone and a rock pipit, and a woodcock was in the observatory compound.
Getting late in the year for Double-striped Pug to still be on the wing.