Sun 28th April 19

Still windy and quite chilly on site this morning so a late start was made by some of us.

Around 10:00  Pete Loud , Ian Minton & Matt Lonsdale had 2 Yellow Wagtails fly over calling followed shortly after by a Hobby* in off the sea, another one for the site year list.

From the hide things were very quiet with just :- 4 Canada Geese, c20 Shelduck, c15 Teal, 10 Lapwing, 5 Redshank, 3 BlkWit's, 1 Dunlin, 1 Grey Heron and a few mixed gulls.

A few raptors were noted with most likely the same Hobby as earlier seen again and 2 Marsh Harriers picked up at distance by PL to add to a Sparrowhawk he had earlier + a pair of Kestrels and a single Buzzard.

A short seawatch at the sluice added 1 Gannet & 1 Gt. C Grebe heading south + a total of 5 Whimbrel. 
Finally 2 Gadwall were on the brook, a few Whitethroats and the male Stonechat were on the mounds. PL/IM/ML/MR