16th July 2024

Overcast until late in the day, with rain in the morning, relatively light northerly winds and a top temperature of 16 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included a Pomarine Skua flying north in the evening, an Arctic Skua moving south and ten northbound Arctic Terns. The overnight rain prompted an arrival of waders including ten Green Sandpipers, two Common Sandpipers and 13 Whimbrel. Sixteen Teal were also new arrivals on the outer head, along with two Gadwall and five Tufted Ducks on Thornwick Pools. The Great White Egret remained at North Marsh.

Green Sandpiper, Thornwick Pools, by Alan Walkington