A good morning of raptor passage to the south along the dunes, hence a juvenile Osprey at 1030, plus a Hobby, 2 Marsh Harriers, a Sparrowhawk and 4 Common Buzzards. Additional non-moving raptors were another Sparrowhawk, a Peregrine and at least 9 Kestrels. Swallows coming in from the shore totalled 600 north and 200 south, plus a further 500 feeding over the fields and dunes. 56 House Martins, 12 Sand Martins and 2 Common Swifts also passed north.
Other birds of note were 5 Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, 14 Whimbrels, a Turtle Dove, 15 Willow Warblers and a Grey Wagtail.
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