After yesterdays exploits I wandered leisurely into Holme mid-morning. On my circuit around the west end of the recording area I heard the Yellow-browed Warbler a couple of times in the row of Sycamores by the standing caravan along the main track as it moved through west, presumably back towards the beach carpark, where it has been present since at least Thursday. Otherwise it was very quiet, with a Siskin and a Rock Pipit west the best of it! I left dad to walk up to the NOA reserve and he went to do the orchards at the back of the village, where he promptly found a Yellow-browed Warbler, although it was elusive and there was no sign of it later. Numbers of grounded migrants generally were extremely low, with 2 Blackcaps, 30 Blackbirds, 4 Redwings, 3 Goldcrests, 1 Stonechat, 8 Robins and 1 Song Thrush. Overhead passage was little better, with 15 Skylarks, 20 Meadow Pipits and 4 Pied Wagtails west. The day was concluded at Thornham Harbour, where a cracking sunset was the only thing of note apart from 3 Rock Pipits. Also, 4 Redwings flew over Dersingham village on the way back home. Good to see the forecast for next week looks so promising, not!
