Sat 27th April 19

Not much happening at the Haven this morning apart from the fact that it was blowing a Gale.

A short seawatch by Pete Loud and Ian Minton had a couple of groups of Brent Geese and a few Whimbrel on the move.

A visit to the hide wasn't much better with just 2 Canada Geese, 25 Shelduck, c20 Teal, 2 Gadwall (on the brook), 8 Lapwing, 6 Dunlin, 6 Redshank, 3 BlkWit's, 2 Oystercatcher + Blk-headed & Herring Gulls, 6 LBB, 2 Common Gulls. IM/ML/MR

c20 Swallows were around the site with small groups over the scrape, along the Brook & in the Sewage Works. A few Whitethroats were managing to find some shelter around the mounds as was the female Stonechat.

A 30 min. seawatch before lunch proved no better than first thing with just 1 Fulmar which flew south and then back north again. PL/IM/ML/MR.