Fri 6th May 22

No sign of the Wryneck this morning, but a seawatch from the café with a Bacon Roll turned up trumps when 5 Common Sands landed on the rocks in front of the café and a Fulmar and 3 Oystercatchers headed south, all very civilized.

Another Common Sand was on the scrape with 8 Avocet, 3 Redshank, 3 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Gull, 5 Blk H Gulls, 2 GBB Gulls, 1 Grey Heron, Reed & Sedge Warblers, Linnet & Reed Buntings RJ/DC/MR

More excitement in the afternoon when Pete Davis found a Richard's Pipit in the farm paddocks, after the initial sighting the bird moved into a longer grassed paddock and some very unfortunate timing meant that the horses owner turned up to have a clear up and the bird was not seen again, after a couple of hours of searching by Pete and several others the bird could not be relocated   

Reports from today:

Paul Brayshaw

07:12 Frinton-farm-gc loop highlights.  4 Cuckoo (3m 1f audible across the area), 5 Corn Buntings, 2 Oyk, 2 Whimbrel., 2 Yellow Wag, Song Thrush around farm. Also 4 Hare,  gc - 26+ Whimbrel, Yellow Wag; seawall - 1 Purple Sand, 2 Turnstone; offshore 14 Oyks south, Sandwich Tern north.

Brian Combes

10:18 Female Whinchat still at farm - in the fields east of main paddocks.

10:37 2 Wheatear half way down the bridleway by the pile of hay (1 first thing on seawall).

15:13 This morning: 3 Cetti’s Warbler (singing), 21 Whimbrel (golf course first thing), 26+ Swallow (a few south first thing, 10+ at the farm), 7 Reed Warbler (singing), 3 Wheatear (1 seawall first thing, 2 on fields by bridleway), 19 Whitethroat (singing), 3 Sedge Warbler (singing), 2 Cuckoo (singing), 3 Chiffchaff (singing), 6 Blackcap (singing), 2 Lesser Whitethroat (singing), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Stonechat (male by golf course dump), 7 Linnets, 4 Corn Bunting (singing), 1 Willow Warbler (singing, edge of golf course by bridleway), 3 Buzzard, 1 Whinchat (in field, farm end of bridleway), 2 Hare, 8 House Martin (Frinton birds, collecting mud for nests on The Esplanade).