One juvenile Curlew Sandpiper with 1 Ringed Plover and 3 Dunlin on Patch at high tide (10:30)
Shortly afterwards Wendy was watching the waders as they were spooked off by a Peregrine.
Later c15:00 the Dunlin count up to 14 and Ringed Plover to 18.
At
least one Sandwich Tern was around the estuary this morning. A flock of
9 Little Egrets is interesting - perhaps new birds arriving ? Seven
Mute Swans circling the marsh twice early this morning may have been new
arrivals too. The Barnacle Geese flock is down to 72 birds, c20
Barnacle Geese are wandering...