It's always nice to get an October Spotted Flycatcher although, to be fair, any Spotted Flycatcher at any time of year is good. Such characterful birds.
Orcombe Point from 0715 - 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2+ Yellow Wagtails, 8 Chiffchaffs, 2 Stonechats and 2 Kestrels. Overhead passage was much reduced but 70 Swallows hurried low and west and c40 Meadow Pipits, 12 Pied Wagtails, 8 Siskins, 1 Grey Wagtail and 1+ House Martin were logged. Offshore - large numbers of gulls still with at least 5 Arctic Skuas in attendance and 9 Common Scoters past.
Good to see a decent-sized tern flock on Bull Hill, as the tide dropped, with 71+ Sandwich Terns and 4 Common Terns present along with numbers of Black-headed Gulls and at least 5 adult Mediterranean Gulls.
Very little time at Mudbank today with just 15 Great Crested Grebes, c90 Brent Geese, 9 Pintail, 165+ Curlew, 90 Shelducks and 15 Bar-tailed Godwits making it into the notebook.
Good to see a decent-sized tern flock on Bull Hill, as the tide dropped, with 71+ Sandwich Terns and 4 Common Terns present along with numbers of Black-headed Gulls and at least 5 adult Mediterranean Gulls.
Very little time at Mudbank today with just 15 Great Crested Grebes, c90 Brent Geese, 9 Pintail, 165+ Curlew, 90 Shelducks and 15 Bar-tailed Godwits making it into the notebook.
Common Marbled Carpet
Stonechat
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