Weather: SW force 3
Following on from the first Willow Warbler of the autumn seen in the obs garden on the 20th, another was here this morning in the SK trap and became the first to be ringed this autumn. It was a typical juvenile with yellow covering most of its undersides.
It was a visit that followed out the early tide. A group of 17 Little Egrets were between Little Eye and Middle, there may have been a few more around the islands but it was hard to tell after they had flown.
An immature male Eider was off the west side of Middle
and a couple of hundred Dunlin or so settled on the rocks by the ebbing gutter.
A few Turnstone were amongst them and 8 Redshank flew by the lagoon. The Sandwich Terns about the island as the tide receded numbered about 250, but a least 100 or more were earlier between Little and Tanskies, they were not the same birds. If the Swallows are still here they were not obvious to find, the Blackbirds however were still showing signs of nesting. Butterflies were very scarce this morning, 1 or 2 Small Whites flew, but a nice surprise was a Comma in the 'heli' paddock.
Photos CJ
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