NWT Holme Dunes

A watch over the sea (0600-0647hrs) saw little other than a notable eastward movement of 110 common terns and 52 Sandwich terns. The only definite movers were 2 teal. Later in the afternoon the strong SSE winds that had been blowing all day gradually began to produce migrants in the pines and along the front edge of the dunes, it was to be part of a very large fall of mostly pied flycatchers along the coast. The rain that was forecast sadly curtailed any further counting, until later when a brief window of opportunity allowed the track and pines to be explored. The count of 40 pied flycatchers was very much an under estimate as the Foresry, Paddocks and saltmarshes were not explored. Other highlights included a tree pipit in off the sea, and good nos of willow warblers, a spotted flycatcher and 2 redstarts. A little earlier in the afternoon Andy Brown and Chris Mills had 9 black terns west and 6 arctic skuas, along with a yellow wagtail and 4 golden plovers in off the sea.