18th July 2020

An overcast day, with light south-westerly winds, occasional light showers and temperatures reaching 19 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included ten Shelduck flying past the head, along with single Shoveler, Eider and 121 Common Scoters moving north. Three Red-throated Divers, 48 Oystercatchers, five Curlew, nine Knot, 76 Dunlin and 62 Redshank all flew south, with 123 Sandwich Terns and 11 Common Terns flying north.

Thornwick Pools hosted an Oystercatcher, four Little Ringed Plovers, 15 Dunlin, a Black-tailed Godwit and two Redshank; a Hobby overflew the site late afternoon. In addition, the North Marsh area attracted two Little Egrets and a Green Sandpiper, whilst a Greenshank flew south over the headland.

Little Ringed Plovers, Thornwick Pools, by Brett Richards