Earlier this month, I tried a seawatch from Blankenberge pier but, apart from a single Gannet, a group of 7 Pintail, and a nice flock of around 80 migrating Brent Geese, this rainbow was about all I saw, despite the stormy conditions. Since then, the weather has been consistently wet so the birds have been waiting for a drier spell in order to migrate. Yesterday, therefore, was a big day for thrush migration and, sure enough, when I visited my local park this morning, I found my first Redwing of the autumn, with several more, as well as Skylarks and Chaffinches, passing overhead.
