Tues 5th Mar 24

Just one R T Diver headed north offshore as I walked to French point this morning, no sign of the Purple sands but it was low water. Two Cetti's Warblers were interacting in the reedbed below the point, lots of wing and tail flicking and calling by one bird, not sure if this was courtship or just "get off my patch" but something I had not seen before.

From the hide: 12 Canada Geese, c100 Wigeon, c100 Teal, 50+ Shoveler, 16 Pintail, 9 Shelduck, 8 Mallard, 5 Gadwall, 30+ Curlew, 18 Lapwing, 6 Avocet, 5 Blkwits, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Jack Snipe, 70+ Blk. H Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls, 2 more Cetti's Warblers.

On the walk back 7 Turnstone were on the beach north of the sluice.