Largely cloudy with a moderate SW breeze, kind of an average weather day; there was again, like most days now a trickle of birds heading south at sea, this time highlighted by an early returning Purple Sandpiper (the third earliest autumn record after birds on 30th July 1989 and 11th August 2003).
Other totals comprised 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 9 Grey Plover, 4 Knot, 5 Little Egrets, 12 Oystercatchers, 3 Redshank, 32 Ringed Plovers, 6 Turnstone, a Whimbrel and a Teal.
Elsewhere there was a Black Redstart (seemingly the only one hanging around, after the successful breeding attempts), a Peregrine out at sea which had second thoughts about its pelagic travels, landed on an inbound container ship and hitched a ride back into port, 2 Wheatears and 6 Willow Warblers while 5 Sand Martins, 8 Swallows and 60 Swifts headed south.
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