2nd October

A similar day to yesterday, largely dry with only a couple of showers and a brisk, cold NNW breeze; pretty much all of the noteworthy birds were leftovers from the last week with the Hornemann’s Arctic Redpoll still at the back of Nouster but sometimes elusive and the Red-backed Shrike still around Holland.   Other birds included 7 Red-throated Divers, 4 Sooty and a Manx Shearwater, 3 Heron, a Pintail, 79 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, a Hen Harrier, a Black-tailed Godwit, the late Arctic Tern still lingering in the north, 2 Swallows, 2 Redstarts, a Whinchat, 6 Wheatears, 2 Fieldfare, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler, a Chaffinch and 3 Snow Buntings.

Merlin