23/08/2024

 Withe the stormy weather the sea watching has improved with reasonable numbers of Manx and Balearic Shearwaters but all very distant and most of which we have had to label as sp. Skuas however were notable by there absence, just a handful of Arctic Skuas, also the Terns have been in very low numbers, waders have been notably absent.

The best I could manage of a Manx Shearwater and this was the closest one

Todays colour ringed Osprey over The New Diggings

The Glossy Ibis has been present since the weekend. also a Black Tern present for a couple of days

Great White Egret at the Axell Viewpoint, which is somewhat of a misnomer at the moment

Some of the 7+ Garganey present

At visit to very windy Sandpit this evening saw 22 Green Sandpipers, 5 Common Sandpipers, 2 Wood Sandpipers, but no sign of the Pectoral or Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint, 1 Knot. 19 Avocet, 4 Dunlin, 3 Ruff, Ringed and Little Ringed Plovers.