With the wind sticking NE and a slightly less dank night last night, the first ‘proper’ wave of winter thrushes started moving with good numbers on the move last night. Over a nocturnal listening station in Oakdale last night 362 Redwing calls and 301 Song Thrush calls were logged between sunset and sunrise along with a really late Little Ringed Plover. This morning just after dawn multiple small parties were moving across the harbour skyline, but this is just the start of things to come, with peak counts often not arriving for another few weeks yet. There were some decent vis-mig totals from both Ballard and South Haven with 206 Redpoll, 1282 Siskin, 1160 Swallow, 86 House Martin, 670 Goldfinch, 35 Crossbill and 2 Brambling counted at Ballard. At South Haven there were 206 Swallow, 54 Crossbill, 1 Hawfinch, 475 Goldfinch, 81 Redpoll, 77 Linnet and 63 Song Thrush. A Hobby was hunting over RSPB Arne Moors, 4 Marsh Harrier were around Swineham, a drake Pochard was on Swineham GP and ended up in the Wareham Channel, male White-tailed Eagle G463 was in the Wareham Channel for most of the day, and a 2023 White-tailed Eagle, G641 also arrived into the Wareham Channel area this afternoon. A tardy Wheatear was on Hartland Moor.