Wednesday, 15 April 2026

Wednesday 15th April

The first Osprey of the year was a late highlight, with one hovering over The Bight at 6.45pm before heading north upriver with an entourage of gulls and corvids.

Osprey - Jim Summers

Also present in the estuary over the evening high tide, 48 Bar-tailed Godwit, 19 Sanderling, 15 Whimbrel, eight Grey Plover, four Knot, three Greenshank, a Dunlin and a Dark-bellied Brent Goose. 

Whimbrel - Jim Summers

Elsewhere 55 Manx Shearwater, 12 Sandwich Tern, three House Martin, two Eider and single Fulmar, Great Northern and Red-throated Diver were offshore, a Buzzard and a Red-legged Partridge were on the Golf Course with migrants limited to two Wheatear and a Willow Warbler.

Wheatear - Jim Summers
Year List addition:
131. Osprey

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