Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
Overcast and windy but brightening during the afternoon. 1 Chiffchaff and 5 Firecrest inside the compound. Out on the reserve: 1 Snow Bunting near the sea watching hide, 2 Rock Pipit and a Purple Sandpiper near the point.
Visible migration
South: 127 Brent Goose, 23 Wigeon, 11 Common Scoter, 8 Shelduck, 5 Teal, 4 Velvet Scoter, 3 Lapwing, 2 Pintail, 1 Curlew, 1 Dunlin and a Mallard.
North: 131 Cormorant, 88 Wigeon, 60 Common Scoter, 6 Brent, 5 Eider, 5 Gadwall, 3 Shelduck, 2 Red Breasted Merganser, 1 Gannet, 1 Great Northern Diver, 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Oystercatcher and a Red Throated Diver.
East: 78 Cormorant.
Feeding offshore: 45 Great Black Backed Gull, 1 Common Gulland a Mediterranean Gull.
Moth trapping: 2 Species between our 3 traps. Moth of the morning goes to Eudonia Anfustea, a common species in the Autumn that is lingering on later in the year nowadays.
Eudonia Angustea.
Bird ringing: 9 Blackbird, 6 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, 4 Goldfinch,
2 Wren, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Redwing.