Sun 11th April 21

Reports from today:

Matt Lonsdale

08:13 Short Eared Owl just flushed out of dell, flew towards car park hedge! 

13:00 Busier this morning up to c9:30 am. 

SEO obvious highlight, flushed from near steps into dell but couldn’t relocate. In bushes 3 Blackcap and 12 Chiffchaff (inc Abberant singer in ringing compound). 2 Red L Partridge came off council compound and Swallow overhead. 

Scrape - Green Sand, 15 Med Gull, 10 Snipe, 6 Redshank, 2 Wigeon, 2 Shoveler. 

Raised platform - 4 Blackwit, 2 Wigeon.

Pete Loud

11:25 Whitethroat in the brambles to right of the hide sporting a ring on it’s right leg, possibly one of Simons returning birds?

14:09 Not too bad out today in the sunshine. Nice flock of 82 Curlew on the marsh over the road and a couple of Swallows by the bridge. In addition to Matt’s report, the Ruff was still present on the Scrape also 1 Dunlin and an ad Med Gull. A Pair of Stonechat were in the same area as the female Whitethroat. couple more Swallows were seen and 4 Purple Sandpipers were on the rocks. Very quiet offshore.