North shore
Howard checked the Heliport and Near Naze around high water.
The Knot were on the naze shoreline when I arrived c1000 with c2000 on the mid outer wall, I was able to get a few flags before they were flushed by a contract driver waiting to get entry to the port to collect a car, they had a fly round then joined the bigger flock on the outer wall, they settled there for nearly 45 minutes before two corvids put them up, when they came back down they settled in the grass which has grown since my last visit so legs were completely obscured.
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| One of today's flagged Knot |
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| Pale-bellied Brent geese heading to the south side |
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| As Howard was watching the Knot, a Snipe was watching him. |
I checked the skear as it became exposed this afternoon (Malcolm)
Pale-bellied Brent 50 - likely including Howard's birds, but these did fly directly from the west, presumably from the other side of the bay.
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| 50 Knot arriving together from the west. They split into smaller feeding groups on arrival. |
There still isn't a lot of gutweed out here, but they were finding plenty of broken weed after yesterday's strong winds.
Red-breasted Merganser 2
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| Female Red-breasted Merganser |
There were a lot more waders around today.
Oystercatcher 1,500
Curlew 30
Redshank 450 - many shrimping in the quickly draining pools (we are already moving back to spring tides)
Knot 3,000 most arrived in three similar sized flocks. They also started feeding and bathing in the draining pools.
Peregrine Falcon at least 2 individuals and a minimum of three attacks.
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| Peregrine Falcon with a rapidly disappearing Knot (far right) |
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| The Peregrines were targeting the Knot, but the commotion lifts everything |
Even the Brent get spooked, some take flight, these just voiced their discontent!
Dunlin 80
Turnstone 120
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| Turnstone |
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