Largely dry through the
day with just a few showers but the inevitable strong WSW winds continued;
there were a few signs that some things were new in with a Common Redpoll
picked up dead at the airstrip (hit the windows) and a dark coburnii Redwing around the Obs. Birds around the Hooking census route then
included a Slavonian Grebe close in off the South Links (only the second
of the year), 3 Red-breasted Mergansers off there as well
(the first of the autumn), 4 Pink-footed Geese in off, a flyover Snow Bunting,
single Great-northern and Red-throated Divers offshore, 60 Teal and 40 Wigeon.
A little seawatch late afternoon just produced 2
Sooty Shearwaters, a Great-northern Diver, an adult Arctic Tern and 2 Bonxies.
Slavonian Grebe
Black Guillemot
Purple Sandpiper
Redshank
Chiffchaff
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