4th September 2025 – overcast/showers V1
Offshore
A check of the sea produced 73 Common Scoter, 2 Gannet and 2 Sandwich Tern.
Grounded Migrants
Birds were on the move with 21 Robin, 5 Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 White Wagtail, 3 Wheatear, 3 Goldcrest and single Reed Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher and Blackcap logged.
Diurnal Migration
Totals through the morning involved 140 Swallow, 30 Meadow Pipit, 25 Grey Wagtail, 3 Tree Pipit and a Sand Martin.
Wildfowl and Waders
The Teal flock has increased to 170 birds and waders included 5 Black-tailed Godwit.
Miscellaneous
Two Peregrine were the best of the rest
Butterflies and Moths
The light trap held 412 moths of 45 species with migrants represented by 255 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Diamond-backed Moth, 2 Silver Y, 2 Rush Veneer and a single Small Mottled Willow – the latter the first of the year.
