An fairly eventful morning at Holme, with enough bits and pieces to keep everyone occupied. From first light thrushes were particularly obvious and during the day I recorded 143 Redwings, 42 Song Thrushes and 30 Blackbirds. Other grounded bits and pieces included 2 Cetti's Warblers, 3 Jays and 30 Robins. Overhead passage included 2580 Starlings (including 2000 in paddocks then west) 185 Meadow Pipits, 9 Rock Pipits, 1 Redpoll, 3 Siskins, 36 Skylarks, 2 Pied Wagtails, 4 Reed Buntings, 40 Goldfinches, 20 Greenfinches, 3 Swallows, 2 House Martins and 2 Snipe. Seawatching 7:10-9:10am produced a good wildfowl movement, with 387 Wigeon, 68 Teal, 4 Pintail, 1 Shoveler, 88 Shelducks, 4 Eider, 8 Common Scoter and 1 Red-breasted Merganser west, as well as 1 Arctic Tern west, 1 Razorbill east, 1 auk sp. east, 2 Red-throated Divers east, 46 Gannets and 14 Brent Geese east. Unfortunately I had to leave around midday due to a prior appointment at Titchwell RSPB, meaning I missed the Yellow-browed Warbler found by M. Br and later trapped and ringed, although at Titchwell I had a Brambling west, as well as 5 Redwings and 4 Song Thrushes.
