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| Lapwing |
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| Little Egret and Oystercatcher |
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| Mediterranean gull, you can see the Sandmason worm tubes where the soft mud has been stripped away |
1/2 hr Seawatch including ferry arrival: two Juvenile Shag heading for wooden jetty, sandwich tern out.
Zero of interest on outfalls
At least 12 Mediterranean gull on Red nab 1235.
13:15 - 14:15 (Malcolm)
A check of the shore out from the saltmarsh towards high water
Common Sandpiper 1 - as I was walking out I saw it fly from the creek in the south of the rocky outcrop back towards the outcrop. When I was walking back and the tide had covered the creek it was resting on the rocks.
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| Common Sandpiper and an Oystercatcher This is the third time I have seen the Sandpiper here in just three visits. Presumably the same bird has taken a liking to this improving habitat |
The only other waders were a group on the mud at the southern edge of the recording area.
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| Grey Plover, Knot and Dunlin It had rained so hard this morning that this section of shore was covered in water. |
Middleton Nature Reserve (Malcolm)
Just a passing check, but I did manage to look at the "no swimming" pond as well as the main pond. The "no swimming" pond is 1.5m above its normal level, making it difficult to get a clear view.
The wildfowl was almost as yesterday.
10 Gadwall today, 2 on the "no swimming" pond.
Tufted 22 again, 6 on the "no swimming" pond
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| Mallard |
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| Little grebe |
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| All the Tufted Ducks seemed to be preening |
