Sat 22nd Aug 26

Reports from today

Matt Lonsdale

08:19 Reduction in numbers on scrape this morning - 21 Dunlin, Curlew Sand, 3 Ruff, 3 Green Sand, 2 Common Sand, Redshank, Greenshank, 2 Snipe, 33 Teal and White Wagtail. 27 Curlew, Grey Heron and Little Egret. 

Overhead- multiple Ringed Plover and Green Sand, 3 Redshank, 1+ Turnstone, 4 Sanderling N along beach + Yellow Wag and Grey over. Lots of Sandwich Terns offshore + south + 6 Shoveler. 

Only N end of car park and hide bushes covered- 3+ Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat and few Blackcaps.

Pete Loud

13:43 Definitely less waders on the Scrape this morning, although 4 Curlew Sandpipers was an increase on yesterdays one, the Temminck's Stint seems to have moved on with no sign today, also seen, 2 Ruff, 10 Golden Plover, 2 Green & 3 Common Sand, still about 30 Dunlin present.1 Wheatear out on the marsh.(MO’H,RJ,PD,PL).

 

Fri 21st Aug 26

Brian Combes

07:25 Haven: 2 Curlew Sand on scrape.

07:38 Temminck’s Stint at back of scrape

07:39 Spoonbill flying off.

07:50 Stint mobile last seen creeping around centrally at back of scrape at edge of vegetation.

09:36 Good session at The Haven first thing: Scrape: 1 Temminck’s Stint (lovely), 2 curlew sandpiper (juvs, also lovely), 1 spoonbill (thanks Pete), 4 ruff, 3 green sandpiper, 6 common sandpiper, 2 greenshank, 9 snipe, 34 dunlin, 1 kingfisher, 37 lapwing, 4 curlew, 1 grey heron, 2 yellow wag. Other: 1 goldcrest, 1 chiff, 3 lesser whitethroat, 2 blackcap, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 4 whitethroat, 1 grey wag, 1 green woodpecker.

Peter Newton

07:37 Spoonbill just joined.

09:14 Disappointment of watching a juvenile Peregrine get out of the net, was shortened and forgotten, put a smile on our faces with a Green Sand. (see Ringing page for full list)

Photo Peter Newton©

10:13 Marsh Warbler on back hedge.

Matt Lonsdale

08:18 Temminck’s stint and at least 1 curlew sand viewed from near windpump as in North of scrape

 

 

Thurs 20th Aug 26

Reports from today

Pete Loud

11:54 Scrape this morning, 4 Ruff, 3 LRP, 1 Greenshank, 10 Snipe, 5 Green & 5 Common Sandpiper, 30+ Dunlin, 20+ Curlew. Bushes 1 Yellow wag flyover, 2 Willow Warbler.

 

Wed 19th Aug 26

Reports from today

Brian Combes

08:55 Haven first thing: 13 swallow (south, between the showers), 2 yellow wag (1 south), 1 chiff, 4 blackcap, 7 whitethroat, 6 lesser whitethroat, 26 pied wag (1 south, 22 dell/greensward), 2 Cetti’s (singing), 1 peregrine (west, appeared to be in off), 1 sparrowhawk, 150+ starling, 2 greenfinch, 1 green woodpecker, 1 great spotted woodpecker. 

Scrape/marsh: 3 ruff (1 adult male with a juv female showed the considerable difference in size between the sexes), 23 dunlin, 3 green sand, 10 snipe, 2 little ringed plover, 3 common sand, 2 black-tailed godwit, 11 golden plover, 16 curlew, 1 whimbrel, 1 grey heron.

 

Tues 18th Aug 26

Reports from today

Pete Loud

12:18 Still very little around the bushes, but on the Scrape, 3 LRP, 2 Ruff, 1 Golden Plover, 3 Green & 3 Common Sandpiper, 50+ Dunlin, 15+ Snipe, 3 Blackwits, 11 Curlew, 1 Redshank, 1 juv  Med Gull, also 1 Wheatear and 1 juv Hobby that was sitting up on the arable stubble all morning.(RJ,MO’H, PL)

Brian Combes

15:09 Haven first thing: 2 swift (south), 12 swallow (south), 2 sanderling (south, just offshore), 1 turnstone (sluice rocks), 4 lesser whitethroat, 6 blackcap, 5 whitethroat, 2 green woodpecker, 1 greenfinch, 1 Chinese muntjac. 

Scrape: 3 little ringed plover, 11 snipe, 2 common sand, 1 ruff, 35 dunlin, 1 black-tailed godwit, 2 green sand, 1 grey heron, 1 Cetti’s (singing).

Richard Jeffree

17:21 Additional birds this afternoon male Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk and another Wheatear and Whinchat + Clouded Yellow.

 

Mon 17th Aug 26

Just a short visit for me today.

From the hide: 20+ Canada Geese, 2 Greylags, 22 Teal, 10+ Mallard, 50 Lapwing, 30+ Dunlin, c25 Curlew, 24 Golden Plover, 5 Green Sands, 4 Snipe, 2 Common Sands, 1 Ruff, 1 Blk T Godwit, 1 Wood Sand, 1 LRP, 5 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 98 Blk H Gulls, 3 LBB's, Pied Wag, Yellow Wag. PL/RJ/MO'H/TR/LH et.al.

 

Sun 16th Aug 26

Around the Dell today Common & Lesser Whitethroats, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Goldfinch, Blue, Great & L T Tits. A Coal Tit was on the feeders.

From the hide, 2 Greylags, 15+ Teal, 10+ Mallard, 48 Lapwing, 30+ Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 3 Common Sands, 1 Green Sand, 1 Ruff, 1 Blk T Godwit, 1 LRP, 111 Blk H Gulls, 4 Med Gulls, 1 Common Gull, PL/RJ/MO'H/TR/MR et.al.

Reports from today

Matt Lonsdale

13:48 Haven early doors - G s woodpecker and lesser whitethroat in car park bushes. 

On scrape- LRP, common sand, 30+ dunlin, 2 snipe, 30 teal. 

Wheatear on rocks off boating club, whinchat on brambles between hide and bridge.

 

Sat 15th Aug 26

Reports from today

Brian Combes

06:52  Haven: wood sand still on scrape + great white egret west (probably in off).

07:19 Haven: Turtle Dove west over marshes.

10:23 Haven this morning: 1 wood sandpiper, 1 turtle dove (lovely surprise - my first record here), 1 pied fly (extremely elusive, in oak east of carpark, briefly at 07:45), 1 great white egret, 2 whinchat (north of bale field), 2 wheatear (bale field), 49 swallow (31 trickling south, most high), 3 chiff, 4 whitethroat, 2 lesser whitethroat, 2 willow warbler, 2 black-tailed godwit, 5 snipe, 3 green sandpiper, 1 ruff, 2 common sandpiper, 14 dunlin, 1 kingfisher, 3 yellow wagtail, 100+ starling, 2 grey heron (1 south), 1 great spotted woodpecker (north), 3 greenfinch, 1 marsh harrier, 1 green woodpecker, 1 fox.

Pete Loud

12:55 Good start this morning with a Coal Tit in the bushes opposite the radar mast, on the scrape, the Wood Sand & Ruff with 5 Green Sands, 3 Common Sands, 45 Dunlin, 5 Avocet, 2 Black-wit & 7 Snipe, also 1 Peregrine, 2 Marsh Harrier, offshore 5 Sandwich Tern north, 1 Wheatear along the front.(RJ,M O’H, PL).

 

Fri 14th Aug 26

The Pied Fly was still along the carpark hedge this morning and most of the waders were still with us on the scrape, so another good day, if a tad warm.

From the hide: 22 Canada Geese, 4 Greylags, 12+ Mallard, 15 Teal, 38 Lapwing, 31 Dunlin, 21 Curlew, 8+ Green Sands, 4 Snipe, 3 Common Sands, 2 Golden Plover, 2 Blk T Godwits, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Wood Sand, 1 Ruff, 1 Greenshank, 1 LRP, 5 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 15+ Pied Wags, 6 + Yellow Wags, Swallow, Sand & House Martin, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Muntjac Deer. PL/RJ/MO'H/DC/MR et.al.

Reports from today

Mike O'Hanlon

09:01 Pied fly in usual spot, north east corner of car park, deep in Hawthorns.

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

Matt Lonsdale

20:00 Pied fly still in car park this evening. Grey wag and green woodpecker. 

On scrape 12+ green sand, wood sand, 6 snipe, 15+ greenshank, ruff, yellow wag.

 

Thurs 13th Aug 26

Brian's Tree Sparrow first thing was another bird for the "Site Year List" now standing at 151 species for the year, and with over a hundred waders of 14 species on the scrape today that's not bad for your local Country Park. Yesterdays Pied Flycatcher was still around this morning along with a few Whitethroats but not a lot of anything else of note.

From the hide: 22+ Canada Geese, 4 Greylags, 10+ Mallard, 4 Teal, 40 Lapwing, 25 Dunlin, 17 Curlew, 6 Green Sands, 3 Common Sands, 3 Golden Plover, 1 Snipe, 1 Wood Sand, 1Blk T Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 1 Ruff, 1 Whimbrel, 1 LRP, 128 Blk H Gulls, 1 Yellow Legged Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Swallow, House & Sand Martin, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Buzzard. PL/PD/RJ/MO'H/MR.

Reports from today

Brian Combes

06:07 Haven: Pied Fly still in hedge in corner of carpark.

06:37 Haven: Tree Sparrow in bush just north of pillbox then flew south.

06:48 Haven: Wood Sand still on scrape.

16:39 Haven first thing: 1 tree sparrow (nice surprise), 1 pied flycatcher, 1 wheatear, 1 reed warbler (passage), 4 chiff (1 in subsong), 5 whitethroat, 1 blackcap, 1 willow warbler, 7 swallow, 1 sparrowhawk, 2 greenfinch, 2 lesser whitethroat, 1 green woodpecker. 

Scrape: 1 wood sandpiper, 1 ruff (juv), 2 greenshank, 3 green sandpiper, 1 little ringed plover (juv), 2 common sandpiper, 5 curlew, 12 dunlin.

Graham Sutton

06:54 Haven scrape: 1 Greenshank, 1 Wood, 3 Green, 2 Common Sand, 2 Ringed Plover, 16 Dunlin.

Mike O'Hanlon

12:31 Pied fly still in Hawthorns at bottom of Haven car park.

Pete Loud

14:08  All the usual waders around the Scrape this morning, with Wood, Green  & Common Sandpipers, also Ruff, Greenshank, LRP, Whimbrel, Curlew, Dunlin & 3 Golden Plovers, a  juvenile Yellow- legged Gull flew in for a while. 

Short walk to the hay bales and round the moth enclosure added 2 Wheatear, Whinchat and Stonechat, offshore 3 Sandwich Terns north.

 

Wed 12th Aug 26

A good start to the morning when Pete Loud found a Pied Flycatcher just minutes after getting out of his car on the hedge at the bottom of the carpark. Thankfully Richard, Mike & myself were not far away and all got good views. A few new birds on the scrape with 2 Ruff, 2 Ringed Plovers (different birds to Yesterday), 1 Golden Plover plus a nice Chinese Water Deer.

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

 

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

Reports from today

Pete Loud

09:04 Pied Flycatcher by picnic Tables end of car park just before wooded area.

13:16 Not a bad morning at the Haven today with a Pied Flycatcher that everyone got to see in the end, but not much else around the bushes 

The Scrape is still good for waders, with a few new in today, 2 Juvenile Ruff, 2 adult Ringed Plovers and an adult Golden Plover still in breeding plumage  joining the Wood Sand & Greenshank, present for a few days now, 5 Green Sands, 3 Common Sands, 6 Blackwit, including a couple of juveniles and the flock of 20 + Dunlin, plus juvenile Med Gull. 

Short walk to French point added 1 Wheatear on the hay bales and a fine juvenile Kittiwake very close in past the sluice heading north.(RJ,MO’H,MR,PL).

Richard Jeffree

14:23 Glad to have caught up with this traditional autumn migrant after just missing the one the other day by seconds well done Pete.

Photo Richard Jeffree©

 

Tues 11th Aug 26

From the hide: 20 Canada Geese, 4 Greylags (+ hybrids), 12+ Mallard, 3 Teal, 30 Lapwing, c25 Curlew, 17 Dunlin, 5 Green Sands, 3 Common Sands, 3 Blk T Godwits, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Wood Sand, 1 Greenshank, 102 Blk H Gulls, 3 LBB Gulls, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 10+ Pied Wags, 7+ Yellow Wags, 20+ Swallows, Sand & House Martin, 2 Buzzard. PL/RJ/BH/MR

A walk to French Point added just 2 Wheatear.

Reports from today

Brian Combes

06:55 Haven: Wood Sand still on scrape.

16:15 Haven first thing: 1 wood sandpiper, 2 wheatear (on hay bales NE of scrape), 4 black-tailed godwit (including first juvenile of the autumn for me), 1 greenshank, 4 green sandpiper, 2 common sandpiper, 19 curlew, 1 whimbrel, 12 dunlin, 3 snipe, 2 yellow wagtail, 1 kingfisher, 1 sparrowhawk (nice male decided to land next to the scrape), 1 Cetti’s (singing), 13 swallow (1 south). 

Dell: 3 lesser whitethroat (4 altogether), 5 greenfinch (7 altogether), 7 pied wag, 2 whitethroat (3 altogether).

Matt Lonsdale

21:22 My best this am- Garden warbler in car park bushes. On scrape- wood sand, 3 green sand, 15 dunlin, snipe, 3 black-wit, 3 teal, yellow wag. 

2 wheatear on hay bales by old wooden hide.

 

Mon 10th Aug 26

All the best bits happened just before I arrived and after I left, Two Ravens passed over the site early on for Richard & Mike but when they arrived at the hide it seemed quite quiet, until a Fox had a run around the scrape flushing everything out into the open and then it was waders everywhere. 

Photo Mike O:Hanlon©

From the hide: 2 Canada Geese, 10+ Mallard, 5 Teal, 62 Lapwing, 30+ Curlew, 12 Dunlin, 8 Green Sands, 6 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sands, 1 Wood Sand, 1 Blk T Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 70 Blk H Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls, 3 LBB Gulls, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel. PL/RJ/MO'H/MR.

 

Reports from today

Mike O'Hanlon

09:05 2 Ravens moving south high over Haven now.

12:26 2 Wheatears and a Whinchat along sea path just north of pillbox.

Photo Mike O:Hanlon©

Photo Mike O:Hanlon©

Richard Jeffree

09:39 Spotted Redshank and Wood Sand on scrape.

11:39 First Wheatear of the autumn on hay bales.

Pete Loud

14:02 Quick walk along the path to the raised platform this morning, 1 Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Lesser & Common Whitethroat. On the Scrape, plenty of waders on veiw, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Common & Green Sandpipers, Black-wit, Dunlin, Curlew & Whimbrel. Walk to Sunny Point and and back ,2 Wheatear,1 Whinchat & 1 Stonechat.

Brian Combes

15:01 Brief early visit to Haven: 1 coal tit (calling by cottages and eventually showing, presumably the bird I heard last week), 49 swallow (39 south mainly first thing), 2 swift (south), 2 blackcap, 10+ pied wag, 1 green woodpecker. 

Scrape/marsh: 7 green sandpiper (4 of these flew off south together), 3 common sandpiper, 10 dunlin, 3 snipe, 1 black-tailed godwit, 1 greenshank, 1 curlew, 1 little egret, 100+ starling, 1 Cetti’s (singing), 2 yellow wag. 

Dell: 5 greenfinch (6 in total), 4 whitethroat (1 in subsong), 2 lesser whitethroat (4 in total),

 

Sun 9th Aug 26

Pete Loud had the first Pied Flycatcher of the year on the bottom hedge of the carpark bushes first thing, unfortunately it was lost to view after a short while and could not be relocated.  

From the hide: 2 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag, 7 Mallard, 4 Teal, 2 Cormorant, 1 Lt. Egret, 66 Lapwing, 31 Curlew, 8 Whimbrel, 5 Green Sands, 4 Dunlin, 2 Common Sands, 2 Blk T Godwits, 1 LRP, 1 Wood Sand, 88 Blk H Gulls, 3 LBB Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 10+ Swallows

Reports from today

Pete Loud

09:14 Pied Flycatcher bottom of orchard

Richard Jeffree

10:47 Wood Sandpiper scrape.

 

Sat 8th Aug 26

Reports from today

Brian Combes

08:58 Haven first thing: 1 garden warbler (dell), 1 coal tit (by sewage works’ gates), 1 corn bunting (over), 32 swallow (22 south), 1 grey heron (high south), 9 linnet, 20+ goldfinch, 6 reed warbler, 1 green woodpecker, 1 Cetti’s (singing), 1 grey wag.

Also in dell: 1 willow warbler, 3 blackcap, 3 whitethroat, 1 chiff (3 altogether), 2 lesser whitethroat, 2 greenfinch (4 altogether). 

Scrape/marsh: 3 little ringed plover, 4 green sandpiper, 3 snipe, 4 yellow wag, 8 dunlin, 1 black-tailed godwit, 3 common sandpiper, 2 teal, 10+ pied wag.

Richard Jeffree

11:10 Scrape mid morning 14 Dunlin, 5 Green, 2 Common sand, 2 LRP, 1 Greenshank, 1 Blackwit, 7 Whimbrel, 20+ Curlew, 70 BHG, 1 juv Med gull and a few House martins through.

 

Fri 7th Aug 26

Reports from today

Richard Jeffree

14:44 Haven this morning, quite around the bushes again with just a single Willow Warbler several Whitethroats and Lesser and a few Reed Warblers Scrape 21 Dunlin, 6 Green & 3 Common Sand's, 1 Greenshank, 1 LRP, 3 Snipe, 3 Whimbrel, 26+ Curlew, several Yellow Wagtail and a couple of Marsh Harrier.

 

Thurs 6th Aug 26

Reports from today

Pete Loud

12:38 A walk round the bushes was fairly quiet not much evidence of passage as yet, although Richard and I had a fine year tick with a Garden Warbler sunning itself in the hedge behind the sluice back of the sewage farm, also seen one each of Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common & Lesser Whitethroat, circuit to Sunny Point and back along the seawall 3 Sandwich Terns & several Southern Migrant Hawkers, they seem quite established at the Haven now. From the Scrape hide, still plenty of waders on view, 4 Green Sands, 5 Common Sands, 4 LRP, 3 Black-wit, 12 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 4 Snipe, 1 Whimbrel & 30 Curlew, also seen several House & Sand Martins, 2 Swift, Cuckoo, Great spot Woodpecker and 2 Marsh Harrier.(RJ,PL).

Photo Richard Jeffree©

Brian Combes

16:48 Haven first thing: 11 swift (south), 26 swallow (south), 3 sand martin (south), 1 hobby (zipped through south, over the car park), 1 willow warbler, 1 reed warbler (passage), 3 lesser whitethroat, 4 yellow wag, 2 black-tailed godwit, 7 green sandpiper, 5 snipe, 9 dunlin, 5 curlew, 1 greenshank (heard), 1 mute swan, 6 greenfinch, 1 buzzard, 1 Cetti’s (singing), 15+ pied wag, 5 linnet, 20+ goldfinch, 2 green woodpecker, 60+ starling.

 

Wed 5th Aug 26

Just a short visit to the hide this morning showed still lots of waders.

From the hide: 18 Canada Geese, 2 Greylags, 10+ Mallard, 1 Teal, 20 Lapwing, 9 Dunlin, 8 Green Sands, 4+ Common Sands, 4 Snipe, 2 Blk T Godwit, 1 LRP, c100 Blk H Gulls, 1 LBB, 10+ Pied Wags, 3+ Yellow Wags,c30 Swift (heading south), Swallows & Sand Martins, Cetti's Warbler. RJ/MR

 

 

Tues 4th Aug 26

From the hide: 20+ Canada Geese, 2 Greylags, 10+ Mallard, 50 Lapwing, 30+ Curlew, 10 Dunlin, 5 Whimbrel, 5 Green Sands, 4 Common Sands, 4 Snipe, 3 LRP's, 1 Blk T Godwit, 87 Blk H Gulls, 3 LBB's, 3 Herring Gulls, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 20+ Pied Wags, 6 Yellow Wags, Linnets, Goldfinch, Swallows Sand and House Martins. RJ/BH/MR

Great to see juvenile Swallow, House Martin & Sand Martin sitting on the wires over the sluice on the way out.

Reports from today

Brian Combes

07:48 Garden Warbler - dell.

17:14 Haven first thing this morning: 1 garden warbler (first of the autumn for me), 1 hobby (flew north over carpark), 3 lesser whitethroat, 4 blackcap, 1 goldcrest, 1 great spotted woodpecker (juv in dell), 36+ swallow (31+ south including 20+ feeding over scrape/marsh that then drifted south), 7 greenfinch, 7 linnet, 30+ goldfinch, 10+ pied wag, 3 little ringed plover, 1 green sandpiper, 11 curlew, 2 snipe, 9 dunlin, 1 common sandpiper, 1 gadwall, 1 green woodpecker, 3 Chinese muntjac.

 

Mon 3rd Aug 26

A Red Kite this morning was another raptor not been seen for a while.

From the hide: 20+ Canada Geese, 8 Greylags, 12+ Mallard, 2 Teal, 1 Gadwall, 31 Curlew, c20 Lapwing, 12 Dunlin, 4 LRP's, 3 Snipe, 3 Blk T Godwits, 3 Common Sands, 2 Green Sands, c60 Blk H Gulls, 1 Common Gull, 1 LBB, 4 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 1 Sparrowhawk, 15+ Pied Wags, 2 Yellow Wags, 1 Kingfisher, Linnet, Goldfinch & Reed Bunting. RJ/MR

Photo Richard Jeffree©

 

Sun 2nd Aug 26

Another lovely day and a good selection of birds, including a few birds of prey not seen for a while.

From the hide: 15+ Canada Geese, 2 Greylag, 10+ Mallard, 2 Teal, 34 Lapwing, 30+ Curlew, 12 Dunlin, 6 Whimbrel, 4 Snipe, 4 Common Sands, 3 Green Sands, 3 LRP's, 2 Blk T Godwit, 2 Oystercatcher, 90+ Blk H Gulls, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 10+ Pied Wags, 1 Yellow Wag, a few Swallows. On the way out a Kittiwake was picked up by PL heading N/E offshore PL/RJ/MR.

Reports from today

Pete Loud

17:42 Feeding flock of Gulls just off the sluice includes at least 2 juv Arctic Terns and a Common Tern plus a couple of Med Gulls

 

Sat 1st Aug 26

Reports from today

Pete Loud

13:17 Our first Willow Warbler for Richard and I this morning, but little else round the bushes apart from 1 Jersey Tiger moth. From the hide, 4,juv LRP and an adult bird new in, 1 Redshank, 6 Blackwit, 3 Green Sands, 2 Common Sands, 4 Snipe, 11 Dunlin, 7 Whimbrel, 1 Juv Med Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 3 House Martin, several Yellow Wags in with the cows. A walk to Sandy point and back could only add, 1 Painted Lady and a Southern Migrant Hawker.