5th September

A juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper spent the day on Gretchen, with 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Ruff and 26 Dunlin, whilst the American Golden Plover stayed faithful to its patch at Lindswick. Small passerines finally started to arrive by the afternoon with 6 Willow Warblers, a Pied Flycatcher and a Whinchat. 2 Common Tern in Linklet Bay are the first this year and 46 Lapland Buntings were seen.