Andy Butler and Jon Lowes (am), and Ron Blagden (pm)
Late morning visit after the rain moved through and the first day with a bit of wader movement for a while - although it almost exclusively consisted of Dunlins. It started with 16 birds dropping into the lagoon at 10.15am, but they only stayed 15 minutes. Another two then dropped in at 11.45am and were still present when Andy and I left. Ron then had 6 later in the afternoon, along with a Ringed Plover, so up to 24 Dunlins passed through during the day.
Duck numbers were again largely the same and included 3 Pintails, 45 Shovelers, 7 Gadwall and 5 Wigeon.
An increase in Redwings today also, with up to 55 birds recorded including flocks of 32 and 20. We still await our first autumn Fieldfare. The first record for autumn 2025 was on 13th October, so any day now.
Very little passerine activity today, not helped by the strong winds, but still at least 1 Chiffchaff hanging on, 5 Skylarks were heard going over and 3 Stonechats were flycatching along the fenceline by the bend on Rosa Lane.
Other birds of note included a Red Kite flying low over the settling beds at about 12.20pm, and Ron had a count of 410 Lesser Black-backed Gulls in the afternoon, the highest of the autumn so far.
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