Tues 29th Aug 23

Reports from today:

Pete Loud

09:40 Drake Velvet Scoter just gone south past the Sluice.

13:24 Offshore this morning southbound, 1 Velvet Scoter, 1 Gt cr. Grebe, 9 Common Tern, 35 Teal. Northbound, 9 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Scoter, 1 Fulmar. Quiet around the bushes with a few common Warblers and 3 Chiffchaff which have now seem to have replaced the earlier moving Willow Warblers. Lots of Swallows about feeding and moving through, with quit a few House Martins (totals 300+), a few Sand Martin and 2 Swift. Scrape, 1 Knot, 3 Ruff, 3 Common sand, 9 Avocet, 2 Blackwit, 10 Shoveler, 60 Teal, 1 Marsh Harrier. 4 Wheatear along the wall and 6 Turnstone.(RJ,PL).