The first three Whitethroat of the year arrived with other migrants including two Reed and a Willow Warbler on site and nine Swallow and a Sand Martin flew through.
Counts from the estuary included 417 Oystercatcher, 37 Curlew, 24 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Redshank, 11 Whimbrel, 10 Sanderling, nine Dunlin, six Turnstone, four Grey and a Ringed Plover, a Greenshank and a Knot. Peak counts were mostly on the morning tide with a Pale-bellied Brent Goose in the evening.
Offshore two Manx Shearwater flew south late evening, with 103 Black-headed Gull, eight Sandwich Tern, four Great Crested Grebe, four Great Northern and three Red-throated Diver, three Eider and two Common Scoter.
Year list addition:
125. Whitethroat
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