A quiet morning spent at Bawdsey Quay and East Lane didn’t produce too much of note with no obvious migrants other than a couple of Willow Warblers; a little look at Melton, late morning produced the usual waders including my first Spotted Redshank for this site along with a pristine summer plumaged Grey Plover, 56 Lapwings, 340+ Black-tailed Godwits, 16 Ringed Plovers, 20 Curlew, 2 Turnstone, a Common Sandpiper, 19 Greenshank and 130+ Redshank while a Kingfisher and a Tufted Duck which flew upstream were also new for me here.
The day’s highlight though was in the evening with an unprecedented southerly tern movement which comprised a massive 1,476 Common Terns (there were probably some Arctics in there as well but..), easily the highest ever total here; in amongst these were 6 Black Terns (two adults and four juveniles), 2 Little Terns and 92+ Sandwich Terns.
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