Dusky warbler 1
Yellow-browed warbler 1
Crossbill 28
Woodcock 1
Chiffchaff 10
Redwing hundreds
Fieldfare 100
Common "Mealy" Redpoll 1
Hedge near Millennium wood
Rustic bunting 1
Ring ouzel 1
Seawatching from the fog station
Pomarine skua 1
Great Skua 5
Velvet scoter 1 male
Common scoter 200
Scaup 2 males
Gannet 800
Little gull 20
Red-throated diver 20
Eider 3
Fulmar 2
UK Life 392 (Dusky warbler)
Year 240 (Dusky warbler, Rustic bunting, Yellow-browed warbler, Pomarine skua)
Ironically I didn't see most of what I expected, but did see plenty I didn't expect! The weather was perfect, misty, dull, drizzle and moderate north easterly breeze. South Landing was crawling with birds, hundreds of Redwings, Fieldfares, Blackbirds, crests, tits, finches, plenty of Chiffchaffs, a flock of Crossbills and a Woodcock. Best of all, a Yellow-browed warbler and my first Dusky warbler. The latter was difficult to see, but I did manage a few fleeting glimpses, and it had a very distinct call.
The Rustic bunting was only my second ever.
Seawatching was a disappointment. Yesterday there had been hundreds of Sooty shearwaters and lots of "Blue" Fulmars, both birds I really wanted to see, as well as Long-tailed skuas, ten times as many Great skuas and Grey phalaropes.
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