Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba). Pied Wagtails this month have reduced in numbers on the reserve, with just 3 seen today, compared to late summer when we had over 20 individuals some days.
A cloudy morning with SW wind, late morning showers. Numerous thrushes passing through at dawn but later quiet in the compound. 1 Stonechat and an Oystercatcher on the reserve.
Overhead migration: 14 Skylark, 3 Swallow and a Lapland bunting south.
Seawatching:
South: 990 Brent Goose, 522 Wigeon, 42 Black-headed Gull, 34 Common Scoter, 31 Cormorant, 29 Common Gull, 29 Teal, 19 Pintail, 12 Shelduck, 5 Turnstone, 3 Dunlin, 2 Red-throated Diver, 2 Snipe, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 1 Gadwall, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Knot, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Shoveler and a Tufted Duck.
North: 3 Cormorant, 2 Red-throated Diver and a Gannet.
Feeding offshore: 9 Greater Black-backed Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kittiwake,
Moth trapping: 28 moth species between our 3 traps last night. Moth of the morning is the Grey Shoulder-knot, which comes out in the autumn, hibernates, then out again in the spring. It's only occasional here.
Grey Shoulder-knot (Lithophane ornitopus).
Bird ringing: 8 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Robin.