Wednesday 29th October

The band of rain overhead and offshore reduced any chance of migration with just a single Arctic Skua off the seawall whilst many more where south of the rain in Torbay. Also offshore four Tufted Duck, two Great Northern and a Red-throated Diver. The Slavonian Grebe was in the estuary with  1192 Wigeon, three Mediterranean Gull, two Sandwich Tern and a Greenshank with the first Water Pipit of the winter in front of the hide where a probable Merlin was also reported. Elsewhere a Blackcap in Greenland Lake was the first for several weeks with five Goldcrest and two Chiffchaff in the Entrance Bushes.

Kingfisher - Lee Collins