Warm and humid with a light westerly breeze; there was a bit more life out there than the last couple of days especially overhead as birds heading south included 12 Grey Wagtails (I caught nine of them!), a Yellow Wagtail, a Tree Pipit, 96 Meadow Pipits and 55 Swallows.
Grounded migrants added 5 Chiffchaffs, 11 Wheatears, a Black Redstart, a Blackcap and a Coal Tit to the day list whilst 2 Arctic Skuas, 2 Grey Plover and a Red-throated Diver (the first of the autumn) were offshore.
Also of note was a smart Clouded Yellow in the compound – my first one of these for absolutely ages!
A look at Melton in the afternoon at low tide produced increases to 87 Teal and 24 Wigeon, 10 Greenshank, a Kingfisher, presumably the same two Hobbies as last time over the trees on the east side of the river and my first Snipe, Grey Wagtail and Meadow Pipit for this site.
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