After some biblical spells of rain overnight, the early morning cloud dispersed quickly, leaving a warm and sunny day; it was quieter offshore than the last couple of days but highlights comprised 8 Common Scoter, 2 Curlews, 2 Fulmars, 5 Mediterranean Gulls and a Sandwich Tern.
Other birds included 3 Black Redstarts, a Greenshank over (a Landguard tick!), another dispersing juvenile Coal Tit, 4 Swifts and the peeping, tiny Pheasant chicks still being watched over by a protective mother.
Of great local note was a male Banded Demoiselle floating around one of the net lanes – only the third site record after individuals in 2003 and 2004, the paucity of records unsurprising due to the lack of flowing water of any kind!
Pheasant chick
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