17th

Did the north end to Pye's Hall and around the realignment area with Phil Espin.   Main birds were 36 Sandwich Terns, 6 Common Terns, 6 Shelducks, 17 Teal, 60 Common Scoters, 7  Cormorants, 2 Ospreys, 2 Kestrels, Hobby, 166 Oystercatchers, 30 Curlews, 10 Whimbrels, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 9 Dunlin, 18 Golden Plovers, Grey Plover, 28 Redshanks, Greenshank, 5 Common Snipe, 2 Grey Herons, 15 Little Egrets, 5 Yellow Wagtails, 8 Pied Wagtails, 100 Swallows and 10 Sand Martins.16th

The 2 Ospreys at Pye's Hall have been present for over a fortnight now.   Meanwhile at the south end this morning were 140 Swallows, including a leucistic juvenile, 24 Sand Martins, 2 Swifts, 2 Green Sandpipers, 55 Curlews, 5 Cormorants, 2 Gannets, 7 Sandwich Terns, 4 Kestrels, Marsh Harrier, 24 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Pied Wagtails, 11 Little Egrets and 5 Grey Herons