Sunday, 17th August 2014.

A full circuit of the realignment area and Pye's Hall in gale force winds produced only limited results.   Two Yellow-legged Gulls were on the outmarsh near Stonebridge, otherwise there were 490 Oystercatchers, 39 Curlews, 11 Whimbrels, 9 Bar-tailed Godwits, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, 7 Grey Plovers, 3 Ruffs, 3 Avocets, 22 Redshanks, 2 Greenshanks, 4 Green Sandpipers, 18 Cormorants, 28 Little Egrets, 34 Shelducks, 8 Tufted Ducks, 40 Mallard, 60 Teal, 2 Mute Swans, 4 Little Grebes, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, 130 Swallows, 75 Goldfinches, 120 Linnets, 2 Yellow Wagtails and 2 Pied Wagtails.