Just less than a month since our last Sanderling departed for breeding grounds in the high Arctic, the first of the Autumn cropped up on its way back today. Other notable sightings today 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 3 Sand Martin, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Swallow and 2 Swift. Offshore 14 Common Scoter North and 14 South - if they hadn't been seen at the same time we would of assumed it was the same flock!
Ground Lackey is nationally scarce found in Salt Marsh habitat. Occasionally one pays us a visit.
Ringing: 1 Blackbird, 1 Cetti's, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Dunnock, 1 Great Tit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Wren.
