Wednesday 19th June

Counts during the morning 3.7 metre high tide were about as expected with 81 Oystercatcher, 63 Curlew, six Canada Goose, six Sanderling, four Shelduck, four Little Egret, three Dunlin, two Grey Plover, two Great Black-backed Gull, and single Ringed Plover and Grey Heron.

In a similar theme of things as they should be, a raft of 21 Shag offshore; four Swallow and two Swift overhead; and elsewhere, a flock of 30 mostly juvenile Starling, five Stonechat, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and just the usual tits, warblers and finches during a morning's effort.

Blackcap - Dave Jewell