Tuesday 15th October

Another good start to the day with another early morning flyover Great White Egret, this time heading north over the seawall into the estuary, yesterday's bird returning? Also offshore two Balearic Shearwater, 20 Common Scoter and seven Eider.

The elusive Yellow-browed Warbler was in Dead Dolphin Wood with 12 Long-tailed Tit, eight Chiffchaff and single Coal Tit and Jay, with 95 Goldfinch and two Blackcap in Greenland Lake, two Grey Wagtail at the Main Pond and an immature Merlin was on Warren Point.

Merlin - both Jim Summers

Records from the estuary included five Cattle Egret, a juvenile Spoonbill and, on Finger Point, a 1cy Caspian Gull, all a sign of the times. Counts included 318 Dark and five Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 125 Turnstone, 106 Dunlin, 60 Ringed and three Grey Plover, 22 Bar-tailed Godwit, 15 Greenshank, nine Sanderling, eight Mediterranean Gull, three Knot, two Sandwich Tern and a Whimbrel.

Caspian Gull - Lee Collins

Other Wildlife: Hardly any flying insects apart from foraging Common Vespula vulgaris and Tree Wasp Dolichovespula sylvestris, with fungi on the woods included Frosty Bonnet Mycena tenerrima and several Spectacular Rustgill Gymnopilus junonius.

Frosty Bonnet Mycena tenerrima - Alan Keatley

Spectacular Rustgill Gymnopilus junonius - Alan Keatley

Valenzuela flavidus, a barkfly - Alan Keatley

Two Brown Rat were enjoying breakfast at the service road bird table.