Wed 14th Sept 22

After a late start I was lucky to pick up the Spotted Flycatcher in the Dell with a bit of help from RJ. It was busy around that area with a lot of new Whitethroats joining the Lesser Whites, Willow Warblers and Blackcaps and a single Garden Warbler was also seen. Two Oystercatchers and a Turnstone were on the sluice with the Herring Gulls. A second Spot Fly was in the white poplars alongside the mounds, again with Willow Warbler, Lesser & Common Whitethroats. A third Spot Fly was seen to the right of the hide with 3+ Whinchats, Reed & Sedge Warbler and a Cetti's Warbler was heard only.

On the scrape: 7 Greylag, 118 Teal, 6 Mallard, 30 Lapwing, 7 Curlew, 2 Green Sands, 1 Snipe, 1 Avocet, 15 Blk. H Gull, 5 Herring, 2 Common Gulls, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, JJ/MO'H/MR

Reports from today: 

Graham Sutton

08:27 Haven: c.700 Mipits in off in last 45 minutes & still coming…

11:23 Just for the record, 1150 Mipits in off by 0905.

Richard Jeffree

08:51 Spot Fly in Dell.

17:28 Cracking male Redstart on the footpath to the farm just as you leave GC.

Pete Loud

18:55 Haven this afternoon 3-6pm. Another Redstart, a fem/imm type on the corner of the radar mast fence at 5:45. Spot Fly still on corner of ringing compound by the brook. Around the bushes,2 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 7 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler and Great Spotted Woodpecker.1 Avocet, many Teal and a few Lapwing on the Scrape. Walk to Golf course, 3 Wheatear, 3 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat,1 Whimbrel, 3 Sand Martin and 4 Sanderling flushed from the beach.

Steve Piotrowski

19:33 Haven from 2.30-4.30. For the sake of completeness a few additional records on top of Peters impressive list: 3 Sanderling + 2 Turnstone nicely snuggled in the tidewrack just north of sluice, 164 Teal, 59 Lapwing, Snipe, 2 Green Sands & Ringed Plover on Scrape. Lots of warblers in back hedge adjacent to wooden hide (suspect different from Peter’s list): Reed & 3 Willow Warblers, 2 Chiffs, 9 Whitethroats, 3 Lesser Whites & Bullfinch.