Sunday 15th August

A Balearic Shearwater and an adult Roseate Tern both flew south past Long Nab early this morning. Other highlights passing include a Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, a Little Gull, 119 Common Terns and 25 Arctic Terns, while the Grasshopper Warbler is still present. 679 Greylag Geese were at Wykeham East Lake, plus a Common Sandpiper. A Red-breasted Merganser was seen briefly in Cornelian Bay this afternoon before it flew south, while also present were a Dunlin and 3 Mediterranean Gulls (2 adults and a juvenile), plus 3 Willow Warblers in the ravine.