WeBS count highlights between Stonebridge and Pye's Hall were 179 Curlews, 5 Whimbrel, 320 Redshanks, 530 Dunlin, 60 Sanderling, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, one Little Stint, 63 Grey Plovers, 43 Ringed Plovers, 3 Turnstones, 98 Common Terns, 3 Arctic Terns, 13 Sandwich Terns, 6 Mediterranean Gulls and one Arctic Skua. A Marsh Harrier was present and grounded migrants were 8 Willow Warblers, 4 Wheatears, one Common Redstart, one Pied Flycatcher and 8 Yellow Wagtails. 240 Swallows flew south and 17 Common Swifts came in across the Humber mouth, 9 turning to the NW and 8 heading SW.
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