Fri 4th Sept 26

I got my timing wrong this morning and got a good soaking on the way to the hide.

From the hide: 30 Greylag, 2 Canada Geese, 100+ Teal, 10+ Mallard, 5 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 8 Cormorant, 1 Cattle Egret, c30 Curlew, 18 Lapwing (up on arable), 8 Avocet, 3 Ruff, 3 Snipe, 2 Blk T Godwits, 1 Green Sand, 70+ Blk H Gulls, 3 LBB Gulls, 1 Peregrine, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Wheatear, plus a few Swallows & a couple of Sand Martin. PL/RJ/MO'H/MR.

The single Cattle Egret seen from the hide was a quick in & out but on leaving seemed to drop into the marsh over the road, on the way home a stop at the humpback bridge showed that there were 9+ Cattle Egrets with the cows out on the marsh.

 

Thurs 3rd Sept 26

From the hide: 26 Greylag, 100+ Teal, 4 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 8 Cormorant, 86 Lapwing, 24 Curlew, 8 Avocet, 4 Blk T Godwits, 1 Ruff, 1 Snipe, 1 Bar T Godwit, 1 Green Sand, c70 Blk H Gulls, 3 LBB's, 1 Raven, 2 Wheatear, Pied Wags, Goldfinch, lots of Starling and Swallows, no House or Sand Martins noted today PL/MR et.al.

Reports from today

Pete Loud

09:35 Hobby & Swift over the car park, still quite a few Swallows moving through, 1 Willow Warbler and 1 Whitethroat in Dell area.

10:18 Raven, flown over the scrape heading south, Grey Wagtail behind Sluice.

 

Wed 2nd Sept 26

No sign of any flycatchers this morning just a nice little flock of Greenfinch and a few Common & Lesser Whitethroats of note. A single Oystercatcher was on the sluice with the gulls and a Mute Swan on the brook.

From the hide: 17 Greylag, 80+ Teal, 7 Mallard, 4 Shoveler, 2 Shelduck, 7 Cormorant, 78 Lapwing, 13 Curlew, 7 Avocet, 3 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 2 Blk T Godwits, 1 Green Sandpiper, 67 Blk H Gulls, 3 LBB's, 3 Herring Gulls, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6+ Yellow Wags, 10+ Pied Wags, 2 Wheatear, lots of Swallows and one or two House & Sand Martin. RJ/MO'H/BH/MR.

 

Tues 1st Sept 26

From the Hide: 10 Greylag, 4 Cormorant, 100+ Teal, 3 Mallard, 90 Lapwing, 23 Curlew, 5 Avocet, 3 Ruff, 3 Curlew Sands, 2 Lt. Stint, 2 Snipe, 2 Blk T Godwits, 1 Bar T Godwit, 1 Green Sand, 50 Blk H Gulls, 2 LBB's, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2+ Wheatear, 1 Sedge Warbler, Loads of Swallows + House & Sand Martins & 1 Swift (RJ). PL/RJ/MO'H/TR/MR

Reports from today

Brian Combes

06:44 Haven: Alexandrine parakeet flying round dell.

09:17 Now south of dell.

17:54 Haven this morning: 1,680++ swallow (south - stunning passage first thing with birds streaming through, mostly keeping low with many birds going close past me at shin height; much lighter movement after 08:15), 340+ house martin (south, some mixed in with the swallows, others in large monospecific groups), 60+ sand martin (south), 1 spotted flycatcher, 3 yellow wag (south), 2 whinchat, 4 wheatear, 6 willow warbler, 7 whitethroat, 2 great spotted woodpecker, 2 green woodpecker, 2 buzzard, 2 sparrowhawk, 130+ linnet (flock has already formed on arable), 1 Alexandrine parakeet (!). 

Photo Brian Combes©

Scrape:1 curlew sandpiper, 3 ruff, 5 avocet, 1 green sandpiper, 1 common sandpiper, 2 black-tailed godwit, 1 snipe, 3 curlew, 7 redshank.

Richard Jeffree

08:29 Spot fly dell.

09:03 Spot fly taken up residence in the copse west of dell.

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

 

Mon 31st Aug 26

From the hide: 10 Greylags, c100 Teal, 3 Mallard, 3 Shelduck, 7 Cormorants, c30 Lapwing, 5 Curlew Sands, 3 Curlew, 3 Snipe, 2 Ruff, 2 Blk T Godwits, 2 Common Sands, 1 Green Sand, 1 Avocet, 1 Dunlin, 44 Blk H Gulls, 4 Herring Gulls, 4+ Wheatear, plus a steady movement of Swallows, House & Sand Martins south

Reports from today

Matt Lonsdale

09:06 Haven early morning - Lots of vis-mig on walk- mainly hirundines inc. constant passage of Swallows and 5 large groups of mainly House Martins with some Sand Martin mixed in and a single Swift. 4 yellow wags, 2 grey wags and 2 siskin south too. On scrape- 13 blackwit, 1 Ruff, 1 curlew sand, 1 common sand, 1 snipe, 105 teal, yellow wag. Bushes quiet for me, 3 grey wags around sewage works/ council compound.

Richard Jeffree

16:31 Redstart still showing well this afternoon Whinchat and 3+ Wheatear along bluethroat trail.

At the end of August the number of species recorded at the Haven this year stands at 159

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Sun 30th Aug 26

From the hide: 1 Mute Swan (on the brook), 8 Greylags, 70+ Teal, 10+ Mallard, 3 Shelduck, 8 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 44 Lapwings, 25 Curlew, 7 Curlew Sands, 3 Avocet, 3 Blk T Godwits, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Sands, 1 Green Sand, 1 Lt. Stint, 90 Blk H Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls, 3 LBB Gulls, 6+ Wheatear. PL/RJ/MO'H/MR et.al.

Reports from today

Mike O'Hanlon

09:16 Redstart in southernmost hedge of southernmost paddock at Farm.

Photo Richard Jeffree©

 

Sat 29th Aug 26

Reports from today

Brian Combes

07:08 Haven: 2 little stint, 1 curlew sand scrape.

07:33 3 curlew sand.

10:09 Haven: Redstart at farm in southern hedge of most southerly paddock next to footpath, though elusive.

14:30 Haven this morning: 1 pied flycatcher (orchard), 1 redstart (remained very elusive), 1 spotted flycatcher (orchard), 16 wheatear (4 on seawall, 11 on golf course, 1 by the dell), 230+ swallow (low to the south, some in large groups, the movement petering out by about 08:00), 5 house martin (south), 17 sand martin (south), 1 goldcrest (with tit flock), 1 yellow wag (south), 1 lesser whitethroat, 3 willow warbler, 3 chiff, 4 whitethroat, 17 pied wagtail, 2 Cetti’s (singing), 1 green woodpecker, 2 greenfinch. 

Scrape: 2 little stint, 4 curlew sandpiper, 1 green sandpiper, 2 ruff, 3 avocet, 1 black-tailed godwit, 1 snipe, 2 common sandpiper, 3 dunlin, 10 curlew.

Richard Jeffree

08:31 Pied and Spot Fly still orchard.

Matt Lonsdale

09:28 Spot fly feeding station. 4 curlew sands and 2 little stint on scrape.

09:30 Pied fly 5 bar gate.