Sun 26th Sept 21

A few Chiffchaff calling around the site this morning but a bit windy for scanning the bushes, c35 Swallows over on the way to the sluice, from the sluice 13 Brent headed South and 2 North, 4+ Turnstone were on the sluice rocks with the Gulls.MR

On the scrape: c30 Teal, 1 Shelduck, 160+ Lapwing, 6+ Snipe, 3 Ruff, 1 Lt. Stint, 2 Med Gulls, 1 LBB, with the Herring and Blk. Headed Gulls, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine.

The juv. Peregrine gave some excitement late morning, in the first flight over the scrape it had a set to with a Sparrowhawk over the tern raft and a few minutes later came in again and tried to snatch a Ruff from the middle of the scrape, the Ruff headed off toward Gt. Holland with the Peregrine in hot pursuit until the pair were lost to view. In the next few minutes only 1 Ruff and 1 Lt. Stint were viewable so hopefully the others were still trembling in the reeds. PRD/MR

A Wheatear was on the seawall near the sluice on the way back.

 

Reports from today:

Paul Brayshaw

08:04 Haven g c seawall - g c 7 Blackout, 1 Barwit, 11 Curlew also marked increase to 48 Pied Wags.  Overhead 14 Swallow, c50 Mipit, 3 Yellow Wag, 4 Grey Wag, 6 Linnet.  Wheatear on the rocks. Offshore 2 Sandwich Tern, 6 Pintail, 2 Wigeon south.