August 29th
An early morning text from Marc Heath informed us that the Baird's Sandpiper had departed nonetheless we decided to do our regular walk from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour. We saw 1 Wheatear, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, 8 Goldfinches, 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Golden Plovers, 10 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 in Coldharbour and 8 flying from inland and then out to sea, 2 Redshank, 6 Dunlin, 2 Little Stints, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Whimbrel W, 3 Mallard, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 20 Swallows W and 6 Reed Warblers.

Curlew Sandpipers and Dunlin

Curlew Sandpiper