15th October

A decent arrival of redwing today with 1702, and amongst them were just 33 blackbird, 7 song thrush and 9 fieldfare. The only other new arrivals were a yellow-browed warbler at Rue and 2 sparrowhawk. 6 red-throated diver, 1 great-northern diver and 4 red-breasted merganser were in Linklet Bay, with a grey phalarope there in the afternoon. A chiffchaff and 2 brambling are still at Holland.