Sat 8th Aug 20

Pete Loud made an early start this morning and covered most of the site, my only addition to his report was a Ringed Plover on the scrape around 08:45 which showed behind the main island for 10 mins before being flushed into the back corner and not being seen again. 

Pete returned to the hide after a walk to the Frinton end and we were joined by IM & JH for an interesting couple of hours.

Reports from today:

Pete Loud

6am start this morning, but bushes were fairly quiet, just the local Chiffs, Blackcap, a few Lesser Whitethroats, 5 Whitethroats, (less than of late) and a juv Willow Warbler. Scrape was busy with an amazing 9 Green Sandpiper with supporting cast of 2 Common Sand, 3 LRP, 4 Dunlin, 5 Redshank, 13 Avocet, 37 Lapwing, Kingfisher, 12 Teal, Med Gull and a Yellow Wag. 10 Whimbrel were out on the marsh and 3 Juvenile Stonechat by the boardwalk. 5 Swift, 7 Sand Martin and 3 House Martin were noted throughout the morning, with plenty of Swallows, 2 Wheatear on pill box. On way back from cafe a Juvenile Kittiwake flying over the dell was unusual.