Sightings

Main sighting: House Martin

70+ House Martins repeatedly landing in, leaving and returning to a plum tree in the garden for much of the morning – the telephone wires are deserted. The garden and cover crop Linnet and finch flock, numbering about 60, has been joined by several Reed Buntings.

Main sighting: Various

Blacktailed Godwit 78, Knot 34, Redshank c.50, Turnstone, OC missing, Curlew 2, Shelduck 620, Pintail 67, Shoveler 60+, Teal 38, Wigeon c.30, Lgrt 4, Heron, Cormorant, c.12 Swallows west. Suspect windy grey weather had sent birds for high tide shelter.

Main sighting: Various

Seawall hide and thorn hedges.black swan mute swan 15 , peregrine tircel (back on island ) Willow Warbler Chiffchaff wheatear Stonechat pair Whinchat 8 mippit Cormorant Grey Heron Little Egret teal Mallard Shelduck Canada Goose 81 , greylag Fem Kestrel Snipe 3 , Dunlin Curlew Redshank , Wheatear fem .Goldcrest .

Main sighting: Gannet

Gannet headed upstream at 0913 with a strong 30mph tail wind around 1/2 mile offshore .

Main sighting: Med gull Ad

Redshank 67 – Knot c50 – Chiffchaff

Main sighting: Hen Harrier

Ringtail Hen Harrier (probably female) cruising over east end of mountain. Wheatear, pair Stonechats and Chiffchaff near reservoir. Flock of 20 Linnets and Red Kite over.

Main sighting: Linnet

A flock of circa 300 Linnets in the stubble field near the Golf Club, also lots of Meadow Pipits Mistie Thrush 18 Pied Wagtail 15 Chiffchaff 1 . In the estuary Shoveler 51 Mallard 40 Teal 3 Shelduck 70 Redshank 60. A Fox hunting on the gout embankment.

Main sighting: Hen Harrier(Hen bird)

Hen Harrier flying low over heather up toward the reservoir.

Also flock of fieldfares went over my house this morning(5.10.19)

Main sighting: Hobby

A Hobby hunting dragonflies late morning and early afternoon.

Main sighting: Kestrel and Marsh Harrier

Evening visit at low tide. All three lagoons and full of water. Unfortuntately they were devoid of waders this evening. Priors is looking like Swan Lake – 12 Mute Swans and 1 Black Swan. Hedgerows were full of Chiff Chaffs, Robins and others small birds. Green Woodpecker seen at the back of the Redshank Platform. Female Kestrel was hunting near Seawall Hide. She was picking off what looked like field voles which appear to be abundant in the field along the seawall.
Out on the mud were 48 Knots, 20C Black Tailed Godwits, 62 x Oystercatchers, 20+ Curlews and 80+ Black Headed Gulls. Lots of Drafgonflies around and Swallows and House Martins over the fields.
Female Marsh Harrier quartered Priors and caused all the Teal to take flight.

Main sighting: Knot

Redshank c100 – Knot c30 – Swallows c100

Main sighting: Migrants

Quiet at the Lagoons as NRW doing important works flail mowing but Little Egret Teal Sparrowhawk Wheatear Meadow Pipit Willow Warbler Greylag Mute Swan Snipe and Curlew still present among others . SALTMARSH Lane alive with Goldcrest willow warbler Redstart ( female} Chiffchaff Blackcap A late Whitethroat !! Tawny owl ( flushed from ivy covered willow on main footpath ) Kestrel male Song and Mistle Thrush single yellowhammer on the seawall . Male Sparrowhawk being mobbed by raven and sedentary robins Tits and chaffinch .