Friday 11th March 2016

Taste of Spring.....

With a high tide of 9.4m at 07:48hrs, this morning was perfect for a Sea watch.

I joined Adam Dare at CE53 around 06:50 hrs, as it turned out there was little happening as far as I could see, up to 5 Great Crested Grebes flying in all directions offshore, a few Common Scoter and the odd very distant diver.

The high tide flooded the area of land to the seaward side of the main track, the area is in field 2 and we are hoping that Lapwing may find it suitable to raise a family, they certainly tried in 2015.

not usually flooded except by the very highest tides, perfect for waders to nest?

With effect from today dog walkers are asked to keep dogs on a lead in field 2 and also all of the reserve East of the information shelter, this is to give ground nesting birds a chance at breeding; it will prove a challenge I think.....

There were quite a lots of birds on the flooded marsh, best counts were; Common Shelduck 29, Redshank 80+, Teal 50+ plus the usual Curlew, Little Egret Grey Heron and patrolling the skies the seemingly ever present Red Kite.