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.