A brisk south-easterly brought with it overcast skies with rain showers. The highlight of the day was a Little Bunting found in Plas Withy; the bird was mobile favouring the bramble hedges and long grass to the south of the Withy before joining a flock of three Chaffinches and heading high south-east. 

A noticeable arrival of Redwings totalled 72 with a single Mistle Thrush. Nant held a Firecrest, Siberian Chiffchaff and Yellow-browed Warbler with another Yellow-browed Warbler in the Withies. Out to sea, an Arctic Skua, 15 Mediterranean Gulls, 11 Black-headed Gulls, 17 Common Gulls, 923 Kittiwakes, an Arctic Tern, 908 Razorbills and 48 Common Scoters were logged. Overhead passage included 178 Starlings, 438 Chaffinches, 60 Goldfinches, 31 Siskins and 25 Linnets. 

During the afternoon a flock of nine Barnacle Geese circled the South End before flying high north, interestingly, a GPS tagged bird from Ireland which overshot and landed on Scilly was found to have gone north and landed on the Gwylans! Though none of these birds were carrying a tag it would be safe to assume these are also wild birds that have overshot Ireland to Scilly and are no returning north. The ended with a surprise Water Rail on the South End after dark. 

Other birds of note included a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, two Teals, two Sparrowhawks, two Buzzards, a Kestrel, three Merlins, a Water Rail, a Ringed Plover, three Snipe, a Whimbrel, four Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Long-eared Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Skylarks, five Song Thrushes, three Blackcaps, five Chiffchaffs and eight Goldcrests.

Little Bunting © Ewan Turner

Little Bunting © Ewan Turner

Barnacle Geese © Ed Betteridge