Fri 13th Aug 21

Quiet around the bushes this morning and breezy along the front, a Wheatear was on the seawall near the sluice.

Around the scrape were c20 Avocet, 6 Blk T Godwits, 5 Lapwing, 4 Common Sands, 2 Wood Sands, 1 Green Sand, 100+ Blk. H Gulls, 1 LBB, c30 Teal, 5 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Yellow Wag, Pied Wags, Linnets, Sedge Warbler, Swallows. DW/DC/MR.

Also the first Willow Emeralds of the year at the Dipping Pond (see Haven Wildlife page).