Sat 29th Jan 22

A walk to the Frinton end of the site was very quiet this morning, 7 Turnstone, 3 Purple Sands(PL), along the front, 3 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting at the golf course dump and 23 Curlew on the marsh was about it.

From the hide: c300 Lapwing were up on the arable and the Whitefronts were on the move returning two or three times to the pool behind the raised platform. This area also held Greylag, Teal, Wigeon, Shelduck, Shoveler and a lot of Gulls. Around the marsh: 2 Peregrine, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel. On the scrape were c60 Teal, 30 Wigeon, 12 Shoveler, 1 Shelduck, 9 BlkWits, 6 Snipe, 2 Avocet. PL,RJ,MM,MR.

Later in the day the Dartford Warbler was relocated by Richard Jeffree on the bridleway between the golf club workshops and the farm, it certainly gets about this bird.

Reports from today:

Max Martin

10:22 Whitefronts just flown over hide and landed behind raised platform.

Paul Brayshaw

10:33 Two Stonechat by raised tee and two Purple Sands on seawall rocks opposite on a run through the site - hopefully the Stonechats friend will appear for PL…