Early July 2025

July 2nd. Cloudy, with occasional light rain, and slowly increasing northerly to north-easterly wind.

 On Tennyson's Sands were 10 Spoonbill.

July 1st. Partially cloudy, with variable then north-easterly wind.

  The main interest during an hour sea-watch early morning was a Northerly movement of 32 Mediterranean Gulls. A feeding flock had developed offshore at low tide again featuring 200 Herring Gulls and 200 Sandwich Terns. The Wheatear was still present. Around were two Barn Owls and a Marsh Harrier. On Tennyson's Sands were 100+ Avocet, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 30 Redshank and 11 Spoonbill. 2 Hummingbird Hawk-moths were again around the buildings in Sykes Farm during the afternoon.

  A morning ringing session in East Dunes produced new birds: 4 Wren, a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, a Lesser Whitethroat and 2 Whitethroat; and retraps: 2 Wren, a Great Tit, a Dunnock and a Whitethroat.

Hummingbird Hawk-moth, 30th June 2025. 
Photos - Mike Watts
Hummingbird Hawk-moth, 30th June 2025. 
Photos - Mike Watts
Juvenile Wheatear, 1st July 2025.
Photo - Kev Wilson