Not a lot of time this month so here is a simple list of the highlights from resident and visiting birders. If I find time I'll come back to it and add some 'flavour'.
Red Kites and Bar-tailed Godwits were seen regularly throughout the month and the commoner warblers began to appear in slightly better numbers. The first records are mentioned here.
1st - 3rd: 2nd winter Glaucous Gull
3rd: Redshank, Green Woodpecker
4th: Black Redstart
6th: Willow Warbler
11th: Ring Ouzel (they were regular throughout the month from this date, sometimes in really good numbers), White Wagtail, Swallow
12th: Sand Martin, Tree Pipit, Barnacle Goose, Black Redstart, 7 Whimbrel (regular after this date)
13th: Black Kite, male Hen Harrier
14th: House Martin, male Redstart, Sedge Warblers, 5 Brambling
15th: female Hen Harrier (seen over the rest of the month), 3 Brent Geese, 12 Golden Plover, Little Ringed Plover
16th: Woodlark, 2 Shoveler
17th: 5 Gadwall, Short-eared Owl, Jack Snipe
19th: Fulmar
20th: Lesser Whitethroat
23rd: 2 Turtle Doves north
25th: Arctic Terns, Common Terns, 3 Bitterns (distantly inland from Bramble Gap), 2 Canada Geese
27th: 3 Great Egrets, 3 Cattle Egrets (first for the patch), Whinchat
28th: Wryneck
30th: Garden Warbler
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