Sat 29th Aug 26

Reports from today

Brian Combes

07:08 Haven: 2 little stint, 1 curlew sand scrape.

07:33 3 curlew sand.

10:09 Haven: Redstart at farm in southern hedge of most southerly paddock next to footpath, though elusive.

14:30 Haven this morning: 1 pied flycatcher (orchard), 1 redstart (remained very elusive), 1 spotted flycatcher (orchard), 16 wheatear (4 on seawall, 11 on golf course, 1 by the dell), 230+ swallow (low to the south, some in large groups, the movement petering out by about 08:00), 5 house martin (south), 17 sand martin (south), 1 goldcrest (with tit flock), 1 yellow wag (south), 1 lesser whitethroat, 3 willow warbler, 3 chiff, 4 whitethroat, 17 pied wagtail, 2 Cetti’s (singing), 1 green woodpecker, 2 greenfinch. 

Scrape: 2 little stint, 4 curlew sandpiper, 1 green sandpiper, 2 ruff, 3 avocet, 1 black-tailed godwit, 1 snipe, 2 common sandpiper, 3 dunlin, 10 curlew.

Richard Jeffree

08:31 Pied and Spot Fly still orchard.

Matt Lonsdale

09:28 Spot fly feeding station. 4 curlew sands and 2 little stint on scrape.

09:30 Pied fly 5 bar gate.