A quieter day still had a fair variety of species to keep it interesting, even though numbers of migrants were generally lower. A couple of
Common Rosefinches and a new
Barred Warbler were the only scarcities, and an unusually early
Goldcrest and 2
Yellow Wagtails were new species for the autumn. Other passerines included 5
Tree Pipits, 2
White Wagtails, 1
Common Redstart, 3
Whinchats, 80
Wheatears, 1
Common Whitethroat, 3
Garden Warblers, 26
Willow Warblers and 2
Pied Flycatchers.
Waders included 2
Little Stints, a
Greenshank, a
Green Sandpiper and a
Common Sandpiper; raptors were represented by 1 each of
Hen Harrier,
Sparrowhawk,
Kestrel,
Merlin and
Peregrine; and 2
Storm Petrels and 2
Sooty Shearwaters were the highlights from the seawatching hide.
This young Whinchat was caught in the new Heligoland trap outside the observatory.
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