Sunday 2nd May

The first Garden Warbler of the year showed a few migrants are still arriving but they were otherwise limited to single Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Wheatear on the Point. The Lesser Whitethroat was still along the Back Path.

Garden Warbler - Ben Lucking

Counts from the estuary included 16 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Dunlin, 11 Shelduck, eight Curlew, five Whimbrel, four Grey Plover, two Turnstone and a Knot. Elsewhere just five Sandwich Tern were offshore and a Great Northern Diver flew east.