Fri 28th July 23

Very quiet all round this morning, a few Willow Warbler were calling around the site but not much else.

From the hide: Lots of Mallard, 4 Teal, 2 Shelduck, 7 Avocet, 6 Lapwing, 2 Blk T Godwits, 1 Common Sand, 1 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel (briefly), c40 Blk. H Gulls, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Med Gull, 1 LBB, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Lt. Grebe, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel. PRD/RJ/MR et.al.

Reports from today:

Brian Combes

19:13 Walk from Frinton to Haven and back this morning: 87+ swallow (60+ feeding over northern end of golf course first thing, mostly juvs; 15 around sluice, 12 south), 2 swift (south), 3 house martin, 19 sand martin (1 with swallows over golf course, 18 south), 15 linnet, 14 curlew, 3 green woodpecker (2 juvs), 3 greenfinch (northern end of golf course), 13 pied wag, 5 common sand (2 on sea defences, 3 at back of scrape), reed warbler (4 singing, weakly, 1 juv), 4 whitethroat (juvs), 1 corn bunting (singing inland of middle pillbox,), 1 buzzard, 5 avocet, 8 teal, 2 black-tailed godwit, 20+ starling, 1 cuckoo (being chased over sewage works by sparrowhawk!), 1 sparrowhawk, 2 lesser whitethroat, 2 chiff, 1 Cetti’s warbler (singing), 1 grey heron, 1 sedge warbler (juv); 13 species in song.