Weather: SE force 4, SE 5/6 by midday with some rain
The Brent are now building up in numbers nicely with 103 counted around the island today. Other wildfowl were 150 Shelduck and the 2 female Eiders.
The sea was quite active with 55 Gannets feeding, 60 Common Scoter, 2 Guillemots, a couple of Sandwich Terns and a Great Crested Grebe. A late Whimbrel was present in addition to 85 Curlew, 1,000 Dunlin, 50 Ringed Plover and 45 Turnstone. Small migrants arrived on the south easterly wind featuring 5 Goldcrests, and 4 Chiffchaffs on the ground, a few Meadow Pipits moving through and both Grey and Pied Wagtails noted with couple of passing Skylarks.
Wheatears have been about on most days over the last few weeks, and today was no exception with as many as 10 on the island which is a good number this late in the autumn.
Some of the breeding birds are still here eg. 8 Rock Pipits, 6 Blackbirds, 3 Robins and 6 Wrens.
Photos CJW, SRW
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