A better selection

 Light winds started in NE and ended in NW. Sunshine and very blue skies for most of the day.

Middleton Nature Reserve 

Visible migration report from Jean:

Vis 0700-1000 NE F2. All generally south unless stated.

Whooper Swan 5 - first records this autumn 

Marsh Harrier 1  E

Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 N

Raven 1

Skylark 1

Song Thrush 1

Grey Wagtail 8 

alba wagtail 5

Meadow Pipit 12

Chaffinch 2

Linnet 4

Siskin 1

Reed Bunting 7

Early evening (MD)

Jack Snipe 1 - first record this autumn 

Common Snipe 2

Water Rail 1

Kingfisher 1

Cetti's warbler 1 the "No swimming" pond male singing

Little Grebe 1

Now in winter plumage

Dragonflies: Common Darter c15. Migrant Hawker 3

Butterflies: several Small White, Speckled Wood and a single Comma

Ocean Edge/Red Nab

Early morning (PM)

Mediterranean gull 5 (1 adult, 1 2cy and 3 juvenile)

Grey Plover 410

high water 09:10 (MD)

Again lots of Shelduck and waders, I didn't try to count, but the inshore waders on the mud, in order of abundance were:

Knot,

Grey Plover,

Curlew,

Dunlin,

Ringed Plover

Redshank 

Oystercatcher 

Bar-Tailed Godwit,

Lapwing

This young Lapwing looking good in the sunshine.

Wheatear 2

Meadow Pipit 8 SE

Skylark 1 unseen but generally south