Good coverage of the patch today produced a little variety in the form of a Purple Sandpiper with Turnstone from the car park climping beach and a 1cy Little Gull amongst the large numbers of Gulls west of the Mill, both found by GK and his Grandad. Also thousands of hirundine moving through and hundreds of Meadow Pipit feeding in the fields.

Chiffchaff - 100+
Goldcrest - 9
Blackcap - 29
Whitethroat - 3
Whinchat - 1
Stonechat - 10
Wheatear - 5
Rock Pipit - 2
Meadow Pipit - c.300
Grey Wagtail - 1
Pied Wagtail - 12
Treecreeper - 1
Siskin - 2
Yellowhammer - 1
Reed Bunting - 9
Skylark - 19
Jay - 3
Song Thrush - 2
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3
Green Woodpecker - 4
Grey Partridge - 5
Med Gull - c.175
Buzzard - 2
Sparrowhawk - 2
Golden Plover - 1
Curlew - 5
Redshank - 4
Little Grebe - 1
Little Egret - 2
Shag - 1
Sandwich Tern - 8

Hundreds of Chiffchaff present this morning

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