The second Green Sandpiper of the year flew over The Bight calling early morning, with the Spoonbill again making an appearance in the estuary before heading to Bowling Green Marsh to roost over high tide.
Species staying at the Warren for high tide included 150+ Ringed Plover, 119 Sandwich Tern including 30 juveniles, 52 Dunlin, 17 Sanderling, six Common Tern, two Turnstone and single Grey and a juvenile Little Ringed Plover.

Bar-tailed Godwit - Dave Jewell 
Little Ringed Plover - Dave Jewell
Elsewhere a Garden Warbler was near the Entrance Bushes and a Kingfisher was at the Main Pond.

Long-tailed Tit - Jim Summers 
Garden Warbler - Jim Summers
Ringing News: Eight colour-ringed birds were noted amongst the Sandwich Tern flocks, six from Holland and singles from Ireland and Scotland.
Other Wildlife: Several Common Dolphin were offshore early morning with the year's first Southern Hawker around Greenland Lake the pick of many active insects.

Small Copper - Jim Summers 
Emperor Dragonfly - Lee Collins Wasp Plumehorn Volucella inanis - Jim Summers Southern Hawker - Dave Jewell
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