Thurs 20th Aug 26

Reports from today

Pete Loud

11:54 Scrape this morning, 4 Ruff, 3 LRP, 1 Greenshank, 10 Snipe, 5 Green & 5 Common Sandpiper, 30+ Dunlin, 20+ Curlew. Bushes 1 Yellow wag flyover, 2 Willow Warbler.

 

Wed 19th Aug 26

Reports from today

Brian Combes

08:55 Haven first thing: 13 swallow (south, between the showers), 2 yellow wag (1 south), 1 chiff, 4 blackcap, 7 whitethroat, 6 lesser whitethroat, 26 pied wag (1 south, 22 dell/greensward), 2 Cetti’s (singing), 1 peregrine (west, appeared to be in off), 1 sparrowhawk, 150+ starling, 2 greenfinch, 1 green woodpecker, 1 great spotted woodpecker. 

Scrape/marsh: 3 ruff (1 adult male with a juv female showed the considerable difference in size between the sexes), 23 dunlin, 3 green sand, 10 snipe, 2 little ringed plover, 3 common sand, 2 black-tailed godwit, 11 golden plover, 16 curlew, 1 whimbrel, 1 grey heron.

 

Tues 18th Aug 26

Reports from today

Pete Loud

12:18 Still very little around the bushes, but on the Scrape, 3 LRP, 2 Ruff, 1 Golden Plover, 3 Green & 3 Common Sandpiper, 50+ Dunlin, 15+ Snipe, 3 Blackwits, 11 Curlew, 1 Redshank, 1 juv  Med Gull, also 1 Wheatear and 1 juv Hobby that was sitting up on the arable stubble all morning.(RJ,MO’H, PL)

Brian Combes

15:09 Haven first thing: 2 swift (south), 12 swallow (south), 2 sanderling (south, just offshore), 1 turnstone (sluice rocks), 4 lesser whitethroat, 6 blackcap, 5 whitethroat, 2 green woodpecker, 1 greenfinch, 1 Chinese muntjac. 

Scrape: 3 little ringed plover, 11 snipe, 2 common sand, 1 ruff, 35 dunlin, 1 black-tailed godwit, 2 green sand, 1 grey heron, 1 Cetti’s (singing).

Richard Jeffree

17:21 Additional birds this afternoon male Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk and another Wheatear and Whinchat + Clouded Yellow.

 

Mon 17th Aug 26

Just a short visit for me today.

From the hide: 20+ Canada Geese, 2 Greylags, 22 Teal, 10+ Mallard, 50 Lapwing, 30+ Dunlin, c25 Curlew, 24 Golden Plover, 5 Green Sands, 4 Snipe, 2 Common Sands, 1 Ruff, 1 Blk T Godwit, 1 Wood Sand, 1 LRP, 5 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 98 Blk H Gulls, 3 LBB's, Pied Wag, Yellow Wag. PL/RJ/MO'H/TR/LH et.al.

 

Sun 16th Aug 26

Around the Dell today Common & Lesser Whitethroats, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Goldfinch, Blue, Great & L T Tits. A Coal Tit was on the feeders.

From the hide, 2 Greylags, 15+ Teal, 10+ Mallard, 48 Lapwing, 30+ Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 3 Common Sands, 1 Green Sand, 1 Ruff, 1 Blk T Godwit, 1 LRP, 111 Blk H Gulls, 4 Med Gulls, 1 Common Gull, PL/RJ/MO'H/TR/MR et.al.

Reports from today

Matt Lonsdale

13:48 Haven early doors - G s woodpecker and lesser whitethroat in car park bushes. 

On scrape- LRP, common sand, 30+ dunlin, 2 snipe, 30 teal. 

Wheatear on rocks off boating club, whinchat on brambles between hide and bridge.

 

Sat 15th Aug 26

Reports from today

Brian Combes

06:52  Haven: wood sand still on scrape + great white egret west (probably in off).

07:19 Haven: Turtle Dove west over marshes.

10:23 Haven this morning: 1 wood sandpiper, 1 turtle dove (lovely surprise - my first record here), 1 pied fly (extremely elusive, in oak east of carpark, briefly at 07:45), 1 great white egret, 2 whinchat (north of bale field), 2 wheatear (bale field), 49 swallow (31 trickling south, most high), 3 chiff, 4 whitethroat, 2 lesser whitethroat, 2 willow warbler, 2 black-tailed godwit, 5 snipe, 3 green sandpiper, 1 ruff, 2 common sandpiper, 14 dunlin, 1 kingfisher, 3 yellow wagtail, 100+ starling, 2 grey heron (1 south), 1 great spotted woodpecker (north), 3 greenfinch, 1 marsh harrier, 1 green woodpecker, 1 fox.

Pete Loud

12:55 Good start this morning with a Coal Tit in the bushes opposite the radar mast, on the scrape, the Wood Sand & Ruff with 5 Green Sands, 3 Common Sands, 45 Dunlin, 5 Avocet, 2 Black-wit & 7 Snipe, also 1 Peregrine, 2 Marsh Harrier, offshore 5 Sandwich Tern north, 1 Wheatear along the front.(RJ,M O’H, PL).

 

Fri 14th Aug 26

The Pied Fly was still along the carpark hedge this morning and most of the waders were still with us on the scrape, so another good day, if a tad warm.

From the hide: 22 Canada Geese, 4 Greylags, 12+ Mallard, 15 Teal, 38 Lapwing, 31 Dunlin, 21 Curlew, 8+ Green Sands, 4 Snipe, 3 Common Sands, 2 Golden Plover, 2 Blk T Godwits, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Wood Sand, 1 Ruff, 1 Greenshank, 1 LRP, 5 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 15+ Pied Wags, 6 + Yellow Wags, Swallow, Sand & House Martin, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Muntjac Deer. PL/RJ/MO'H/DC/MR et.al.

Reports from today

Mike O'Hanlon

09:01 Pied fly in usual spot, north east corner of car park, deep in Hawthorns.

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

Matt Lonsdale

20:00 Pied fly still in car park this evening. Grey wag and green woodpecker. 

On scrape 12+ green sand, wood sand, 6 snipe, 15+ greenshank, ruff, yellow wag.