Mon 6th Oct 25

Late start this morning so I just had a walk to the hide, some remedial work on the sluice has raised the water level in the brook and there is now some water in Kirby Brook in front of the hide.

From the hide: 21 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 4 Cormorants, 16 Curlew (1 scrape, 15 on the marsh), 1 Lapwing, 76 Blk H Gulls, 1 Stonechat, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk plus a light passage of Swallows & Mippits.

Reports from today

Pete Loud

09:45 Walk to Sandy Point and back along the front this morning , 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Curlew on golf course, plenty of groups of Goldfinch, Linnet & Meadow Pipit moving  south, still 30+ Swallows & House Martins on the move, 4 Stonechat.