Thurs 13th Aug 26

Brian's Tree Sparrow first thing was another bird for the "Site Year List" now standing at 151 species for the year, and with over a hundred waders of 14 species on the scrape today that's not bad for your local Country Park. Yesterdays Pied Flycatcher was still around this morning along with a few Whitethroats but not a lot of anything else of note.

From the hide: 22+ Canada Geese, 4 Greylags, 10+ Mallard, 4 Teal, 40 Lapwing, 25 Dunlin, 17 Curlew, 6 Green Sands, 3 Common Sands, 3 Golden Plover, 1 Snipe, 1 Wood Sand, 1Blk T Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 1 Ruff, 1 Whimbrel, 1 LRP, 128 Blk H Gulls, 1 Yellow Legged Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Swallow, House & Sand Martin, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Buzzard. PL/PD/RJ/MO'H/MR.

Reports from today

Brian Combes

06:07 Haven: Pied Fly still in hedge in corner of carpark.

06:37 Haven: Tree Sparrow in bush just north of pillbox then flew south.

06:48 Haven: Wood Sand still on scrape.

16:39 Haven first thing: 1 tree sparrow (nice surprise), 1 pied flycatcher, 1 wheatear, 1 reed warbler (passage), 4 chiff (1 in subsong), 5 whitethroat, 1 blackcap, 1 willow warbler, 7 swallow, 1 sparrowhawk, 2 greenfinch, 2 lesser whitethroat, 1 green woodpecker. 

Scrape: 1 wood sandpiper, 1 ruff (juv), 2 greenshank, 3 green sandpiper, 1 little ringed plover (juv), 2 common sandpiper, 5 curlew, 12 dunlin.

Graham Sutton

06:54 Haven scrape: 1 Greenshank, 1 Wood, 3 Green, 2 Common Sand, 2 Ringed Plover, 16 Dunlin.

Mike O'Hanlon

12:31 Pied fly still in Hawthorns at bottom of Haven car park.

Pete Loud

14:08  All the usual waders around the Scrape this morning, with Wood, Green  & Common Sandpipers, also Ruff, Greenshank, LRP, Whimbrel, Curlew, Dunlin & 3 Golden Plovers, a  juvenile Yellow- legged Gull flew in for a while. 

Short walk to the hay bales and round the moth enclosure added 2 Wheatear, Whinchat and Stonechat, offshore 3 Sandwich Terns north.

 

Wed 12th Aug 26

A good start to the morning when Pete Loud found a Pied Flycatcher just minutes after getting out of his car on the hedge at the bottom of the carpark. Thankfully Richard, Mike & myself were not far away and all got good views. A few new birds on the scrape with 2 Ruff, 2 Ringed Plovers (different birds to Yesterday), 1 Golden Plover plus a nice Chinese Water Deer.

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

 

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

Reports from today

Pete Loud

09:04 Pied Flycatcher by picnic Tables end of car park just before wooded area.

13:16 Not a bad morning at the Haven today with a Pied Flycatcher that everyone got to see in the end, but not much else around the bushes 

The Scrape is still good for waders, with a few new in today, 2 Juvenile Ruff, 2 adult Ringed Plovers and an adult Golden Plover still in breeding plumage  joining the Wood Sand & Greenshank, present for a few days now, 5 Green Sands, 3 Common Sands, 6 Blackwit, including a couple of juveniles and the flock of 20 + Dunlin, plus juvenile Med Gull. 

Short walk to French point added 1 Wheatear on the hay bales and a fine juvenile Kittiwake very close in past the sluice heading north.(RJ,MO’H,MR,PL).

Richard Jeffree

14:23 Glad to have caught up with this traditional autumn migrant after just missing the one the other day by seconds well done Pete.

Photo Richard Jeffree©

 

Tues 11th Aug 26

From the hide: 20 Canada Geese, 4 Greylags (+ hybrids), 12+ Mallard, 3 Teal, 30 Lapwing, c25 Curlew, 17 Dunlin, 5 Green Sands, 3 Common Sands, 3 Blk T Godwits, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Wood Sand, 1 Greenshank, 102 Blk H Gulls, 3 LBB Gulls, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 10+ Pied Wags, 7+ Yellow Wags, 20+ Swallows, Sand & House Martin, 2 Buzzard. PL/RJ/BH/MR

A walk to French Point added just 2 Wheatear.

Reports from today

Brian Combes

06:55 Haven: Wood Sand still on scrape.

16:15 Haven first thing: 1 wood sandpiper, 2 wheatear (on hay bales NE of scrape), 4 black-tailed godwit (including first juvenile of the autumn for me), 1 greenshank, 4 green sandpiper, 2 common sandpiper, 19 curlew, 1 whimbrel, 12 dunlin, 3 snipe, 2 yellow wagtail, 1 kingfisher, 1 sparrowhawk (nice male decided to land next to the scrape), 1 Cetti’s (singing), 13 swallow (1 south). 

Dell: 3 lesser whitethroat (4 altogether), 5 greenfinch (7 altogether), 7 pied wag, 2 whitethroat (3 altogether).

Matt Lonsdale

21:22 My best this am- Garden warbler in car park bushes. On scrape- wood sand, 3 green sand, 15 dunlin, snipe, 3 black-wit, 3 teal, yellow wag. 

2 wheatear on hay bales by old wooden hide.

 

Mon 10th Aug 26

All the best bits happened just before I arrived and after I left, Two Ravens passed over the site early on for Richard & Mike but when they arrived at the hide it seemed quite quiet, until a Fox had a run around the scrape flushing everything out into the open and then it was waders everywhere. 

Photo Mike O:Hanlon©

From the hide: 2 Canada Geese, 10+ Mallard, 5 Teal, 62 Lapwing, 30+ Curlew, 12 Dunlin, 8 Green Sands, 6 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sands, 1 Wood Sand, 1 Blk T Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 70 Blk H Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls, 3 LBB Gulls, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel. PL/RJ/MO'H/MR.

 

Reports from today

Mike O'Hanlon

09:05 2 Ravens moving south high over Haven now.

12:26 2 Wheatears and a Whinchat along sea path just north of pillbox.

Photo Mike O:Hanlon©

Photo Mike O:Hanlon©

Richard Jeffree

09:39 Spotted Redshank and Wood Sand on scrape.

11:39 First Wheatear of the autumn on hay bales.

Pete Loud

14:02 Quick walk along the path to the raised platform this morning, 1 Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Lesser & Common Whitethroat. On the Scrape, plenty of waders on veiw, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Common & Green Sandpipers, Black-wit, Dunlin, Curlew & Whimbrel. Walk to Sunny Point and and back ,2 Wheatear,1 Whinchat & 1 Stonechat.

Brian Combes

15:01 Brief early visit to Haven: 1 coal tit (calling by cottages and eventually showing, presumably the bird I heard last week), 49 swallow (39 south mainly first thing), 2 swift (south), 2 blackcap, 10+ pied wag, 1 green woodpecker. 

Scrape/marsh: 7 green sandpiper (4 of these flew off south together), 3 common sandpiper, 10 dunlin, 3 snipe, 1 black-tailed godwit, 1 greenshank, 1 curlew, 1 little egret, 100+ starling, 1 Cetti’s (singing), 2 yellow wag. 

Dell: 5 greenfinch (6 in total), 4 whitethroat (1 in subsong), 2 lesser whitethroat (4 in total),

 

Sun 9th Aug 26

Pete Loud had the first Pied Flycatcher of the year on the bottom hedge of the carpark bushes first thing, unfortunately it was lost to view after a short while and could not be relocated.  

From the hide: 2 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag, 7 Mallard, 4 Teal, 2 Cormorant, 1 Lt. Egret, 66 Lapwing, 31 Curlew, 8 Whimbrel, 5 Green Sands, 4 Dunlin, 2 Common Sands, 2 Blk T Godwits, 1 LRP, 1 Wood Sand, 88 Blk H Gulls, 3 LBB Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 10+ Swallows

Reports from today

Pete Loud

09:14 Pied Flycatcher bottom of orchard

Richard Jeffree

10:47 Wood Sandpiper scrape.

 

Sat 8th Aug 26

Reports from today

Brian Combes

08:58 Haven first thing: 1 garden warbler (dell), 1 coal tit (by sewage works’ gates), 1 corn bunting (over), 32 swallow (22 south), 1 grey heron (high south), 9 linnet, 20+ goldfinch, 6 reed warbler, 1 green woodpecker, 1 Cetti’s (singing), 1 grey wag.

Also in dell: 1 willow warbler, 3 blackcap, 3 whitethroat, 1 chiff (3 altogether), 2 lesser whitethroat, 2 greenfinch (4 altogether). 

Scrape/marsh: 3 little ringed plover, 4 green sandpiper, 3 snipe, 4 yellow wag, 8 dunlin, 1 black-tailed godwit, 3 common sandpiper, 2 teal, 10+ pied wag.

Richard Jeffree

11:10 Scrape mid morning 14 Dunlin, 5 Green, 2 Common sand, 2 LRP, 1 Greenshank, 1 Blackwit, 7 Whimbrel, 20+ Curlew, 70 BHG, 1 juv Med gull and a few House martins through.

 

Fri 7th Aug 26

Reports from today

Richard Jeffree

14:44 Haven this morning, quite around the bushes again with just a single Willow Warbler several Whitethroats and Lesser and a few Reed Warblers Scrape 21 Dunlin, 6 Green & 3 Common Sand's, 1 Greenshank, 1 LRP, 3 Snipe, 3 Whimbrel, 26+ Curlew, several Yellow Wagtail and a couple of Marsh Harrier.