Friday 28th July

Work is progressing on the Dune Ridge, but there remains no access to the hide or Warren Point. Five Balearic Shearwater flew south in a single flock early afternoon with 15 Common Scoter and three Manx Shearwater also offshore. Elsewhere 66 Sandwich and 11 Common Tern were in the estuary with counts of 142 Redshank, 45 Dunlin, 23 Bar-tailed Godwit, 16 Turnstone, 15 Ringed Plover and six Greenshank.

Common Scoter - Alan Keatley