At Pye's Hall in the late afternoon and early evening after the rain there was no trace of the shrike today, but following up to high tide were  370 Black-headed Gulls, an adult Mediterranean Gull, 33 Sandwich Terns, 10 Common Terns, 150 Oystercatchers, 25 Redshanks, 2 Greenshanks, one Common Sandpiper, 47 Golden Plovers, 35 Bar-tailed Godwits, 8 Whimbrels, 104 Curlews, 26 Knot, 105 Dunlin, 15 Sanderlings, 160 Common Scoters, 10 Mallard, one Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorants, one Little Egret, one Grey Heron, 120 Swallows, 12 Yellow Wagtails, one Cuckoo, one Kestrel and one Red-legged Partridge.

 The Red-backed Shrike was still present..   It was very elusive for long periods.   Not much else about although it was quite foggy all morning, Singles of Greenshank, Whimbrel and Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Redshanks, 2 Little Egrets, one Grey Heron and 2 Kestrels.   7 Crossbills north over my garden in the afternoon.

 

Yesterday a Black Redstart near Stonebridge along with 3 Crossbills

 

 

Further counts for the 21st:

 Today between Stonebridge and Pye's Hall were 58 Curlews, 22 Whimbrels, 13 Redshanks, 3 Greenshanks, 68 Golden Plovers, 9 Oystercatchers, 10 Sanderlings, 5 Teal, 3 Tufted Ducks, 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Sandwich Terns, 320 Black-headed Gulls, 180 Swallows, 4 Sand Martins, , 2 Kestrels, a Common Buzzard and a Marsh Harrier.

The WeBS count at Donna Nook today was fairly unremarkable. In the early afternoon, Chris Heaton found a male Red-backed Shrike at Pye's Hall and Barrie Clarkson was able to photograph the bird shortly afterwards. However, Mark Johnson, Phil Espin and S Lorand were unable to locate it later in the afternoon, despite extensive searching.

20th

On a two hour seawatch from 0730 were 36 Sandwich Terns, 6 Common Terns, 3 Arctic Terns, 3 Little Gulls, 13 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 23 Gannets, 90 Common Scoters, 4 Mallard, 16 Teal and 3 Eiders.   Waders were 34 Oystercatchers, 30 Curlews, 4 Whimbrels, 43 Sanderlings, 9 Dunlin, one Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Redshanks and 17 Golden Plovers.   Of note on the landward side were 130 Swallows, 10 House Martins, 23 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Tufted Ducks, 2 Little Egrets, one Grey Heron, one Common Buzzard and a juvenile Cuckoo.

At Quad 3 this morning were a Common Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, 4 Kestrels, 3 Tufted Ducks, 40 Curlews, 4 Grey Herons, 3 Little Egrets, Turtle Dove, Willow Warbler, 110 Swallows, 6 Sand Martins, 3 Common Swifts, 360 Starlings and 12 Yellow Wagtails.

  A two hour seawatch saw southward passage of 540 Common Scoters, 10 Gannets, 56 Sandwich Terns, one Little Tern, 4 Common Terns, 3 Arctic Terns, 2 Little Gulls and a Peregrine.   Onshore were 9 Cormorants, 400 Black-headed Gulls, 29 Dunlin, 81 Sanderlings, 22 Knot, one Turnstone, 47 Curlews, one Bar-tailed Godwit and 4 Oystercatchers.   20 Swallows and 12 Sand Martins flew north over the sandflats and 41 Swallows and one Sand Martin south.   The only birds of note on the dunes were a Sparrowhawk, Corn Bunting, Grey Heron, Little Egret and 3 Tufted Ducks.

Not a great deal today.  Visibility was quite poor at sea, hence just an Arctic Skua, Kittiwake, 14 Sandwich Terns, 2 Common Scoters, Yellow-legged Gull, 200 Black-headed Gulls, 7 Cormorants, 23 Curlews, Bar-tailed Godwit, 10 Sanderlings, 3 Dunlin and 4 Oystercatchers.   Nothing unusual inland.

Today at Quad 3 60 Curlews, 3 Common Scoters and singles of Cuckoo, Grey Heron, Kestrel and Common Buzzard.

An unusual find for the date was a singing Common Rosefinch at the south end this morning.   It was a brown bird singing freely for at least 15 minutes, but not showing very much.    Not much else of note in the misty conditions.  

7th July

 Between Stonebridge and Pye's Hall this morning were 28 Common Swifts, 30 Swallows, 2 Cuckoos, an early juvenile Grey Wagtail, 2 Kestrels, one Common Buzzard, 3 Little Egrets, 14 Shelducks, 6 Redshanks and at least one Whimbrel heard.

3rd July

News for the 3rd

At the south end this afternoon were 16 Sandwich Terns, an Arctic Skua south, 23 Curlews, 11 Cormorants, 66 Common Swifts, 3 House Martins, 26 Swallows, Crossbill, 2 Corn Buntings, 7 Cuckoos, 130 Starlings, 3 Little Egrets and 4 Kestrels