Tues 8th Sept 26

Reports from today

Eddie Forrest

10:32 6 Cattle Egrets with cattle, South of Fann, ("humpback") bridge.  Seen from bedroom window!.

 

Mon 7th Sept 26

From the hide: 45 Greylag, 100+ Teal, 14 Shoveler, 10+ Mallard, 3 Shelduck, 7 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, c80 Lapwing, 3 Avocet, 3 Blk T Godwit, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Snipe, 1 Bar T Godwit, 1 Ruff, c30 Blk H Gulls, 3 LBB's, 2 Red Kites, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, Pied Wag, Meadow Pipit. Loads of Swallows, House Martins and a few Sand Martins moving south. PL/RJ/MO'H/MR.

On the way back a Wall Brown butterfly was seen near the mounds and c6 Cattle Egrets were with the cows over the road.

Reports from today

Simon Cox

07:41 Kingfisher in hand, reedbed.

(See Ringing page)

Photo Simon Cox©

Richard Jeffree

15:13 Grey Plover south past the shelter.

 

Sun 6th Sept 26

Reports from today

Mike O'Hanlon

08:57 Sea watching with PL and RJ. Picked up 4 Gannets heading north so far.

Pete Loud

09:38 Grey Plover south

10:04 Sooty Shearwater north

10:16 Manx Shearwater just gone north.

Steve Entwistle

14:52 2.40  Sooty Shearwater flying north picked up windmill, control tower, little bit behind yellow bouy, watched it go out of view to my left.

 

Sat 5th Sept 26

Reports from today

Brian Combes

10:16 Haven: 1 cattle egret with cows west of humpback bridge.

12:32 Haven this morning: 1 cattle egret, 5 whinchat (3 south of boardwalk, 2 golf course),  2 stonechat (golf course), 8 wheatear (seawall/golf course), 1 cuckoo (juv west over marsh), 9 mipit (south, first passage birds for me this autumn), 252 swallow (south), 2 sand martin (south), 1 coal tit (with tit flock), 2 grey wag (south), 1 sedge warbler, 6 yellow wag (3 south), 1 goldcrest (with tit flock), 4 willow warbler, 3 chiff (1 singing), 2 whitethroat, 2 lesser whitethroat, 4 blackcap, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 1 green woodpecker, 1 turnstone (high, west), 1 golden plover (high, west), 16 pied wag, 3 Cetti’s (singing), 1 buzzard, 1 whimbrel (south), 9 linnet, 2 reed bunting, 1 greenfinch. 

Scrape: 18 curlew, 8 avocet, 4 black-tailed godwit, 1 green sandpiper, 2 snipe, 2 shoveler, 1 marsh harrier, 1 common sandpiper.

Mike O'Hanlon

11:10 Scrape this morning (9.30 - 11 am) - 8 Yellow wagtails, 1 Wheatear, 80 Lapwing, 120+ Teal, 8 Avocets, 1 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 32 Curlew, 3 Blackwits, 1 Barwit, 5 Shelduck, 4 Shovelers, 6 Cormorants, 50 Greylags, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Red Kites, 5 Buzzard, 2 Kestrels, 1 Mute swan, 14 Black headed gulls, 2 Cattle egret (1 flew over scrape) 1 Marsh Harrier (RJ, MOH).

12:27 Walk to Sandy Point and back over marsh and along sea wall - 3/4 Wheatears, 3 Clouded Yellows.

 

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.