2nd September 2025 – sun and showers SSW2/3
Offshore
A scan of the sea revealed just 15 Common Scoter and a Gannet.
Grounded Migrants
Warblers involved 3 Whitethroat while single Stonechat and Wheatear were also logged.
Diurnal Migration
Six Grey Wagtail and a Tree Pipit flew through.
Wildfowl and Waders
The first 6 Shelduck have returned from their moult grounds and waders included 1100 Ringed Plover, 900 Dunlin, 46 Grey Plover, 10 Greenshank and a Black-tailed Godwit.
Miscellaneous
A Peregrine was the best of the rest
Butterflies and Moths
The light trap held 148 moths of 36 species with migrants represented by 19 Rusty Dot Pearl, 4 Dark Sword-grass and 2 Silver Y.
