Thurs 26th Aug 21

Good to meet up with Steve and Matt this morning, I arrived at the Sailing club shelter in time to watch a Hobby chasing Swallows close offshore, a brilliant display of flying to start the day, plus a Gt. C. Grebe was sitting on the sea. On my walk down to the scrape 2 Wheatear were on the rocks in front of the Gunfleet Boating Club.

On the Scrape were 32 Greylag, c60 Teal, 3 Shelduck, 30 Lapwing, 27 Avocet, 11 Blk. T Godwits, 4 Snipe, 2+ Common Sands, 1 Greenshank, c60 Blk. H Gulls, 12 Herring Gulls & 2 LBB's, 6 Cormorants, 1 Grey Heron and a Peregrine was up on the arable.

Reports from today:

Steve Grimwade

16:26 In addition to Micks sightings Matt Turner and I have had 2 Little Terns, 13 Sandwich Terns, 5 Common Tern, 4 Pintail north, 4 Common Scoter past and on and around scrape juv Marsh Harrier, Curlew, Hobby, 3 Yellow Wags and 9 Red Arrows!

17:26 1 Swift South over sewage works, now 3.