A short visit late morning/early afternoon produced the first post-breeding ‘flock’ of Common Sandpipers with eight around the east end of the island. A little further east a pair of Ruddy Shelducks presumably the two that flew south over Cresswell yesterday and given mid-summer timing probably overshooting moult-migrants from Emmeer in Utrecht, Netherlands. Worth an insurance tick in case BOU ever upgrade them to Cat C5…
