Sorry for being a bit late posting......
Spent five hours watching the wader roost. Including Lapwing on the wetland fields we (Bob Pacey and I) had 19 species but one (Green Sand) was heard only while we were in the hide. Some counts: 1200 Redshank (accurate - counted as they left) 265 Turnstones (accurate) 61 Ringed Plovers (accurate) 8000 Knot (estimated) 4000 Dunlin (estimated) 11 Whimbrel (roosted on posts on the saltmarsh) Plus single Grey Plover, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Avocet, Sanderling, LRP (juv) and Curlew Sandpiper. Two Bar-tailed Godwits. Uncounted Oystercatchers and Curlews and a few Golden Plovers that apeared as the tide started to go out.
Apart from waders... 3 Brent Geese 1 Barnacle Goose 2 juv Granada Geese 20 Little Egrets (counted as far as Cut End) Three broods of Tufted Ducks along the channel behind the sea wall south (6, 8 and 8 again) 6+ Yellow Wagtails 1 juv Wheatear
Cheers Steve
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