Mon 27th Sept 21

A late start this morning turned out well for me, when I stopped at the sluice to chat with Steve & Matt as they picked up 2 Little Tern heading south, a Haven year tick for me. Brave men to stick it out for four hours in the harsh conditions but a good list in the end, see below.

On the scrape: 1 Greylag, 30+ Teal, 15 Wigeon, 7 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, c40 Lapwing, 7+ Snipe, 3 Avocet, 1 Ruff, 1 Common Gull with a few Blk. Headed and Herring Gulls. Not sure if the low wader numbers were due to yesterdays Peregrine or the atrocious conditions mid morning. 

Reports from today:

Steve Grimwade

11:16 Seawatching from 7.15 to 11.15 Shelter and Sluice with Matt Turner. 595 Brent south, 11 Wigeon, 3 Pintail, 7 Teal, 12 Common Scoter, 1 Red-breasted Merg, 2 Little Tern, 13 Sandwich Tern and 19 Gannet.