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Good numbers of waders over high tide this am with minimum counts as follows:
20,000 Knot, 400 each of Sanderling & Dunlin, 100 Ringed Plover, 50 Grey Plover, 10 Black T Godwit, 10 Turnstone, 1 Whimbrel and 2 Oycs.
Not so many birds on the fresh water:
100 Black T Godwit on Croftmarsh, 10 Greenshank, 1 Curlew Sand on Fenland Lagoon, a few Curlew in the fields, 20 Avocet, plus 1 Kingfisher, 1 Spoonbill and 2 Pintail on Jacksons.
Plantation:
Treecreeper, Spotted and Pied Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff. Missed the Wood Warbler!
Elsewhere - Wryneck by Wash Viewpoint, 1 Wheatear on the beach, juvenile Marsh Harrier over Jacksons, 8 Swift heading south and a Peregrine beating up the flock of Knot as they headed out of the roost to feed in the Wash.
Cheers,
David Cohen
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