Friday 4th August

Selected counts during high tide included 54 Dunlin, 22 Ringed Plover, four Whimbrel, four Sanderling, a Greenshank and the first of the autumn, a Common Snipe flew over The Bight.  Also 85 Sandwich Tern, 52 Common Tern (plus 5 'commic' tern), three Mediterranean Gull, two Roseate Tern and a Little Tern. 

Early morning at sea, 11 Arctic Skua and a Great Skua.  Overhead passage totals of 32 Swift, 21 Swallow and single House Martin and Yellow Wagtail.  Two Willow Warbler were in the bushes.