A Black Tern moving west was the only record this morning.

Yesterday just one Little-ringed Plover and 3 Lapwing in the area.

Very quiet again in the patch with a cold brisk west south west wind.

Little-ringed Plover - 2

Pale-bellied brent - 1W

Whimbrel - 3W 2 on beach

Gannet - 65W 7E

Sandwich Tern - 7W 2E

Red-throated Diver - 1E

Diver sp - 1E

Common Scoter - 9E

Great-crested Grebe - 4 os

Ringed Plover - 9

Dunlin - 4

Sanderling - 7

Swallow - 25

House Martin - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 1 in off sea

Pale-bellied west with 3 Brent Geese

 The Little-ringed Plover still present on the flooded field south of ferry road, with a pair of Gadwall and a Whimbrel present on the north field.

New month but still disappointed with the returns this morning, although good numbers of Reed Warbler in song along various rifes.  A Little-ringed Plover seen both sides of Ferry Rd in the flooded fields, and a Tawny Owl calling from the Bailiffscourt area but not seen.

Great BB Gull

Kestrel

Jay 

LRP

 2 Black Tern west at climping beach this morning.(MB)

Late morning visit found the patch again very quiet, in a cold eastly breeze.

Brent Geese - 39e

Whimbrel - 1w

Gannet - 2w

Med Gull - 7w

Sandwich Tern 33w 11w

Little Egret - 3

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Swallow - 3

Wheatear - 1 

Sandwich Tern 

Kestrel

Records for yesterday 25/04/24 with highlight of the morning being a Great Skua seen by (HR)

Little Egret - 5

Grey Heron - 2

Whimbrel - 7w

Bar-tailed Godwit - 2w

Oystercatcher - 30w

Ringed Plover- 1

Shelduck - 2w

Gannet - 2w 2e

Sandwich Tern - 7e 4w

Lesser BB Gull - 2

Brent Geese - 5w

Mallard - 7

Reed Warbler - 4

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Blackcap - 11

Chiffchaff - 8

Willow Warbler - 4

Whitethroat - 7

House Martin - 2

Sand Martin - 3

Swallow - c75

Rook - 1

Buzzard - 3