Fri 26th Aug 22

A few bits and pieces about this morning including a singing Chiffchaff and a Cetti's Warbler at the Dipping Pond. 5+ Stonechat, 3 Whitethroat and a Chiffchaff were around the wood pile, and a steady movement of Swallows, Sand & House Martins were moving through.

Pete Davis picked out a juv. Caspian Gull (NFY) from the large no of Gulls on the scrape mid morning but it was soon flushed by a Marsh Harrier, the bird was later relocated on the sluice.

From the hide: 32 Curlew, 22 Lapwing, 1 Common & 1 Green Sand, 1 Snipe, 100 Blk. H Gulls, 3 LBB's, 4 Herring Gulls and a juv Caspian Gull, 44 Teal, 6 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh harrier, 2 kestrel PRD/RJ/MR