A moulting adult Curlew Sandpiper was the highlight over the afternoon tide, especially after missing out on the small arrival into the SW on Sunday.
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| Curlew Sandpiper - Lee Collins |
Other counts from around The Bight included 110+ Sandwich Tern at least 42 juveniles, 16 Dunlin, 13 Ringed and a Grey Plover and three Bar and two Black-tailed Godwit, with 34 Mediterranean Gull and 11 Greenshank also in the estuary.
Ringing News: Five colour-ringed Sandwich Tern were recorded, four juveniles from Lymington still being present and an adult (Green 3C5) which was ringed as a chick at Blue Circle Island, Larne Lough, Co Antrim in 2021 and also recorded here last July.
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