07.00 at The Point, I walked round most the bushes there and the Desert. 29 Willow Warblers, 3 Chiffchaffs, 17 Common Whitethroats, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 4 Blackcaps, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Spotted Flycatchers, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 1 Nightingale, 3 Wheatears, 1 Whinchat, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, c1,000 Hirundines through and 2 Sparrowhawks of note.
The south end of the ARC held 4 Black-tailed Godwits and a Ruff of note.
From Hanson 2 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpipers, 3 Redshanks, 4 Garganey, the duck Red-crested Pochard, a mixed flock of c500 Hirundines and a Swift of note.
Dengemarsh Gully was virtually birdless compared to recent days, with 2 Wheatears, 2 Common Whitethroats and a Lesser Whitethroat. There was a sprinkling of Willow Warblers beside Dengemarsh Road.
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| 2 of the 3 at the ARC car park |
A wander up to the pines at the ARC this afternoon saw 30+ Yellow Wagtails there, a Swift still with the Hirundines, just a handful of warblers in the Sallows but 3 Spotted Flycatchers at the car park.
60+ Golden Plover over the track to the VC late afternoon, on Burrowes the Glossy Ibis on a vegetated island picked out by CT and 6 Ruff, also 15 Pintail and 19 Wigeon were new in. As we left a Redstart was round the car park picnic tables.
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