6th July 2023

Skies remained relatively cloudy until late in the day, with light south-westerly winds and temperatures reaching 21 degrees C. Six Mediterranean Gulls flew past the Fog Station during a morning seawatch that also featured 118 Common Scoters, 23 Sandwich Terns, two Common Terns and 92 Manx Shearwaters.

The Great White Egret re-appeared on a pool north of Thornwick, while the nearby Pools held four Teal, a Little Egret, three Grey Herons, two Oystercatchers, two Little Ringed Plovers, three Dunlin, a Common Sandpiper and a Green Sandpiper. A juvenile Wheatear was an early migrant at Thornwick, while the good run of Cuckoo sightings continued when one flew through a garden near South Landing.

Bee Orchid, by John McLoughlin