August 26th
Matt was out early and covered most of the western half of the Marsh. He saw a good range of species including 14 Mallard, 3 Teal, 4 Little Egrets, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrels, 10 Oystercatchers, 40 Ringed Plovers, 1 Golden Plover, 2 Grey Plovers, 12 Turnstone, 10 Whimbrel, 2 Curlews, 1 Greenshank, 7 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpipers, 9 Snipe, 4 Dunlin, 2 Sanderling, 12 Common Terns, 3 Sandwich Terns, 1 Little Owl, 3 Kingfishers, 4 Swifts, 143 Swallows, 100 House Martins, 25 Yellow Wagtails, 8 Pied Wagtails, 8 Robins, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Reed Warblers, 7 Sedge Warblers, 23 Whitethroats, 1 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaffs and 30 Linnets.
Later, as the wind increased from the east and it started raining, a number of us seawatched from the Towers for most of the rest of the day. We counted 20 Teal, 35 Common Scoter E, 7 Gannets, 1 Fulmar, 20 Ringed Plovers, 2 Turnstone, 1 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpipers, 3 Sanderling, 9 Great Skuas, 15 Arctic Skuas (166th), 1 juvenile Long-tailed Skua, 2 adult Little Gulls E, 1 Kittiwake E, 120 Common Terns E, 19 Sandwich Terns E, 2 Black Terns E, 1 Little Tern E, 5 swifts and 1 Wheatear in off the sea.