Unfortunately no sign of yesterday's Marsh Sandpiper on either tide but a continuing wader and tern spectacle around The Bight. Incredibly Ringed Plover numbers continue to increase with at least 720 birds packed into the recharge on the evening tide. The second highest site count since 800 on 28th August 1960. With them 374 Dunlin, eight Sanderling, six Bar and a Black-tailed Godwit, two Knot, two Turnstone and a Grey Plover.
The evening tide also saw at least 370 Common Tern hawking over the estuary with 80+ Sandwich and single Roseate and Black Tern, with 35 Teal, five Mediterranean Gull and four Common Sandpiper also present.
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