
0730—1000 Initially a glaring sun and an uncomfortable , eye-watering W/NW breeze. 2
Whimbrels shared the saltmarsh with a
Curlew, and
Mediiterranean Gulls in numbers drited through high, calling. At the copse. A
Song Thrush was knocking six-bells out of a `maritime` mollusc which it had garnered seaward side, and then flown to partial cover. A
Canada Goose was loudly making its presence known and a
Blackcap was singing from dense cover.
Swallows continue to trickle through, but are also back in home territory just off the reserve. A
Greenshank was feeding on the creekside mud and c 25 seals were on Horse Sands. In the near Oare locale in a sheltered aspect, there were numerous `whites`including several
Orange Tips and a
Speckled Wood, plus
Chiffchaff;
Blackcap and
Whitethroat in song and the fifth
Cetti`s of the session.
Mike R