Today was uneventful at Quad 3, most notable being hirundines coming in and then heading NW or SW.   Totals were 100 Swallows, 10 Sand Martins and 88 House Martins.  Also 6 Common Swifts and a Marsh Harrier NW.   Additional birds included 8 Green Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 11 Redshanks, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Snipe, 6 Kestrels, 4 Mistle Thrushes, Corn Bunting and a Tree Pipit. 

Today was fairly quiet at the south end.   Best were 2 Wheatears, 5 Willow Warblers, Green Woodpecker, Corn Bunting, 650 Starlings, 7 Cormorants, Eider, Gannet, Arctic Skua, 11 Curlews, 2 Whimbrels, 26 Redshanks, Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper, Ruff and 350 Golden Plovers.

Update for the 13th August

 A decent count for terns going to roost, at last.   At Stonebridge between 1900 and dusk, there were 4,360 Common Terns, 28 Arctic Terns, 86 Sandwich Terns, 3,500 Black-headed Gulls, 800 Common Gulls, one Mediterranean Gull, 94 Redshanks, 10 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Ruffs, 3 Avocets, 840 Oystercatchers, 68 Curlews, 45 Whimbrels, 140 Dunlin, one Little Stint, 35 Grey Plovers, 5 Turnstones, 30 Knot, 5 Cormorants and an Osprey.

 North end including realignment circuit:- an Osprey, 3 Marsh Harriers, 8 Greenshanks, 14 Redshanks, 3 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Common Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 14 Avocets, 6 Ruffs, Little Stint, 2 Whimbrels, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 1,200 Black-headed Gulls, 130 Mallard, 60 Teal, 25 Shelducks, Brent Goose, 26 Cormorants, 30 Little Egrets, 5 Grey Herons, 6 Common Terns, 9 Sandwich Terns, 6 Little Grebes, 2 Willow Warblers, 9 Yellow Wagtails and 270 Swallows.

11th

Was hoping for some decent tern numbers, but the roost flight was not very marked tonight, so perhaps there will be better nights to come.   Terns were 273 Common, 10 Arctic, 40 Sandwich and one Black.    Other highlights were 1,200 Black-headed Gulls, 4 Mediterranean Gulls, one Yellow-legged Gull, 16 Whimbrels, 11 Curlews, 3 Avocets, 40 Dunlin, 67 Oystercatchers, 4 Ruffs, 2 Grey Plovers, 19 Shelducks, 4 Cormorants and an Osprey.

10th

 Managed to get the WeBS count between Stonebridge and Pye's Hall in the best part of the day.   It meant an early start though, from 0445-0645.   Waders were 365 Oystercatchers, 13 Curlews, 35 Whimbrels, 34 Bar-tailed Godwits, 31 Grey Plovers, 5 Turnstones, 15 Sanderlings, 47 Redshanks, Greenshank, 30 Knot, 50 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper and 3 Ringed Plovers.   Other highlights were 97 Common Terns, 11 Sandwich Terns, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 3 Arctic Skuas, Gannet, 14 Teal, 105 Swallows, 6 Sand Martins, Osprey, Merlin and Tawny Owl.


9th

 The WeBS count at Quad 3 was disappointing in the strong wind.   2 Gannets, 18 Sandwich Terns, 75 Common Scoters, 32 Curlews, 10 Bar-tailed Godwits, 12 Knot, 15 Dunlin, 14 Sanderlings, 8 Oystercatchers, 3 Cormorants, 13 Mallard, 3 Little Egrets, 2 Greenshanks, 8 Green Sandpipers, 90 Golden Plovers, 3 Kestrels and 5 Swifts.   At the north end, Steve Routledge added 8 Common Sandpipers, 3 Wood Sandpipers, 3 Green Sandpipers, 15 Ruffs, 8 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Greenshanks, 41 Little Egrets, 53 Teal, 42 Common Scoters, 17 Sandwich Terns and a Cuckoo.

 It was the WeBS count for the realignment area today.   As I have discovered earlier, it is a rather exposed walk in strong wind and heavy rain, but at least there were a few decent birds present.   Waders were 120 Golden Plovers, 47 Redshanks, 4 Greenshanks, 27 Avocets, 21 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpipers, 7 Common Sandpipers, 3 Curlews, Whimbrel, Little Stint, Knot, 39 Dunlin, 3 Little Ringed Plovers and 9 Ruffs.   Ducks were 25 Mallard, 35 Teal, Tufted Duck, 31 Shelducks and a Brent Goose.   Other waterbirds included 15 Cormorants, 25 Little Egrets, 5 Grey Herons, 3 Mediterranean Gulls and 5 Little Grebes plus 2 young.   Also of note were 65 Swallows, 12 Pied Wagtails and a Common Buzzard, and a party of 20 Common Scoters which flew into the Humber.

Fairly quiet at Quad 3.    3 Marsh Harriers, 220 Linnets, 2 Willow Warblers, 6 Lesser Whitethroats, Mistle Thrush, 6 Green Sandpipers, 11 Common Snipe, 4 Redshanks, Whimbrel, 10 Sandwich Terns and an Arctic Skua.

1st August

Tried an evening visit for terns, but only managed to get wet and badly bitten.   Light and visibility deteriorated rapidly after 2045, so if there were any later roosting flights I was not able to see them.    Only birds of note were 2 Sandwich Terns, 3 Cormorants, 39 Mallard, 5 Teal, 9 Curlews, 4 Golden Plovers, 3 Common Snipe, 3 Green Sandpipers and a Great Spotted Woodpecker.