Another trip up to the obs in the hope that the light northerly wind might have shaken things up. The sea was fairly productive on the incoming tide, with a Great Skua, a juvenile Kittiwake, 11 Arctic Skuas, 2 skua sp, 1 Arctic Tern, 14 Fulmars, 5 Teal, 1 Little Tern, 138 Common Scoters and 147 Gannets in 2 hours. It was fairly quiet on land, with 3 Lesser Whitethroats, a Chiffchaff and a Cetti's Warbler on the NOA reserve and a Garden Warbler and 2 Willow Warblers along the stream at Redwell. Waders were more obvious, with 3 Greenshanks, 1 Spotted Redshank west, 7 Green Sandpipers, 3 Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwits and a Common Sandpiper. A single Hobby also flew east past the obs.
Moths included 2 rather stunning Gold Spots and a White-line Dart.
Late afternoon a trip to Beacon Hill, north of North Creake, produced distant views of a Red Kite.
