Greenshank – 22nd August
This afternoon the Swallows and House Martins were gathered on the wires by the railway bridge when they all took […]
Red Kite – 14th August
This morning, during the monthly bird count, a Red Kite paid a visit to the site. It flew low, over
Whimbrel – 12th August
During the course of the afternoon three separate Whimbrels flew through the site, going south. There were also a Ringed
Black-tailed Godwit – 11th August
A single Black-tailed Godwit was feeding avidly on the Slurry late afternoon also present was one Little Ringed Plover. JMD
Dunlin – 9th August
A single Dunlin was feeding along the Slurry shoreline this afternoon and two Little Ringed Plovers were again on the
Common Sandpiper – 7th August
Late in the afternoon a Common Sandpiper was pecking insects from the sloping sides of one of the Tern Platforms.
Whimbrel – 7th August
This morning a Whimbrel flew through and there were two juvenile Little Ringed Plovers and a Green Sandpiper on the
Green Sandpiper – 21st July
Two Green Sandpipers flew, calling. over the site this afternoon. Two Yellow-legged Gulls were on the dry end of the
Little Ringed Plover – 20th July
A juvenile Little Ringed Plover and a Green Sandpiper showed cool nerves when a fox-cub popped out of the reed
Green Sandpiper – 15th July
A Green Sandpiper was again feeding in the shallow water in front of the reeds on the extreme left of