Those who set
their alarm to 03:45 hoping to relive the events of yesterday were not so well
rewarded today. At sea, 34 Manx Shearwater and one Arctic Skua were the only
highlights.
Both high tides
were covered with wader totals of 416 Oystercatcher, 388 Curlew, 151 Dunlin,
c.110 Redshank, 24 Ringed Plover, 20 Sanderling, 15 Turnstone, 12 Grey Plover,
five Greenshank and single Knot and Common Sandpiper. A double-metal ringed
Roseate Tern was different to that present yesterday; an adult Common Tern with its two
metal-ringed young and the adults of 80+ Sandwich Terns commuting in and out of
The Bight all day to feed their young, were reminders of the site's importance
to migrating families of terns from further afield.
The Welsh-ringed adult Sandwich Tern was seen again, 23 Mediterranean Gull and a juv Yellow-legged
Gull passed through.
A juv Green
Woodpecker was the first on site since early-Mar. Small post-breeding
flocks of Goldfinch, Linnet and Starling continue to roam the fairways and
bushes. A Wheatear paused on the seawall.
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