Red-throated diver

5 birds offshore 25/10/09

Great northern diver

Single occasionally offshore

Slavonian Grebe

Single offshore 22/10/09 and 23/10/09

Gannet

7 birds offshore 22/10/09

Bittern

Single bird seen flying occasionally over reedbed

Pink-footed goose

Large groups starting to arrive back for the winter

Teal

626 on freshmarsh 23/10/09

Eider

Small numbers regularly offshore, 9 birds on 21/10/09

Marsh Harrier

Several birds seen regularly around reserve and roosting in reedbed

Hen Harrier

Up to four ringtails roosting in reedbed daily

Peregrine

Single bird over reserve 26/10/09

Water rail

Single birds heard around reserve, seen from Island hide 23/10/09

Little stint

1 seen regularly with dunlin flock

Avocet

4 birds on freshmarsh 24/10/09

Golden plover

Large numbers on freshmarsh, up to 600 birds 28/10/09

Jack snipe

Single bird seen from Island hide although elusive

Ruff

43 birds on freshmarsh 23/10/09

Great skua

2 birds offshore 26/10/09

Mediterranean gull

1 present on freshmarsh 23/10/09

Barn owl

2 hunting over grazing meadow 26/10/09

Cetti’s warbler

4 males calling along west bank path

Linnet

Large numbers around reserve, 150 birds 23/10/09

Crossbill

16 west 27/10/09

Snow bunting

25-30 birds present on reserve. Flock is very mobile commuting between the beach and freshmarsh

Day

Date

Time

Day

Date

Time

Thu

29/10

15 36

Mon

02/10

18 06

Fri

30/10

16 21

Tue

03/10

06 12

Sat

31/10

16 57

Wed

04/10

06 51

Sun

01/10

17 32

Thu

05/10

07 32

Red-throated diver

Single birds seen occasionally offshore

Manx shearwater

8 offshore 16/10/09

Great northern diver

Single offshore all week

Bittern

Single bird seen flying regularly over reedbed from fen hide

Pink-footed goose

Large groups starting to arrive back for the winter

Dark bellied brent goose

Small numbers seen on beach and flying over reserve

Eider

Small numbers seen regularly offshore, 8 birds seen on 21/10/09

Marsh Harrier

Several birds seen regularly around reserve. 8 females roosted 16/10/09

Hen Harrier

Up to four birds present, 3 ringtails roosted in reedbed on 19/10/09

Bar tailed godwit

1300 birds roosting on fresh marsh 19/10/09

Water rail

Single bird heard by tidal pool

Little stint

1 with dunlin flock on fresh marsh

Greenshank

Up to 5 birds around the reserve

Grey phalarope

Single bird seen on fresh marsh on 16/10/09 and 17/10/09

Jack snipe

Single bird seen from Island hide although elusive

Arctic skua

3 birds seen offshore on 16/10/09

Great skua

6 west offshore 16/10/09

Shore lark

6 birds present, 4 at Thornham Point, 2 on brackish marsh 16/10/09

Yellow wagtail

Single bird seen on fresh marsh on 15/10/09 and 18/10/09

Stonechat

4 wintering birds present around the reserve.

Cetti’s warbler

4 males calling along west bank path.

Starling

Large numbers roosting on reserve although numbers greatly reduced. 20,000 still present on 16/10/09 roosting in reedbed.

Brambling

8 birds seen in car park 15/10/09

Snow bunting

25-30 birds present on reserve. The flock is very mobile commuting between the fresh marsh and beach.

Day

Date

Time

Day

Date

Time

Thu

22/10

09 32

Mon

26/10

11 55

Fri

23/10

10 12

Tue

27/10

13 24

Sat

24/10

10 54

Wed

28/10

14 38

Sun

25/10

10 43

Thu

29/10

15 36

Red-throated diver

Up to 8 birds seen offshore

Manx shearwater

Up to 3 birds seen offshore, flying east (12/10/09)

Bittern

Single bird seen flying over reedbed (10/10/09 & 12/10/09)

Pink-footed goose

Large groups starting to arrive back for the winter

Brent goose

Small numbers seen on beach and flying over reserve

Pintail

7 birds seen offshore (11/10/09)

Eider

Small numbers seen regularly offshore, 40 birds seen on 10/10/09

Common scoter

Up to 100 birds seen offshore (10/10/09), small groups seen regularly

Velvet scoter

Up to 6 birds seen offshore (13/10/09)

Red breasted merganser

Up to 2 - 4 birds seen occasionally offshore

Marsh Harrier

Several birds seen regularly around reserve

Hen Harrier

Female seen regularly over reserve

Peregrine

Single bird seen flying over reserve (10/10/09)

Purple sandpiper

Single bird seen on beach (8/10/09)

Ruff

Up to 40 birds on fresh marsh (8/10/09)

Jack snipe

Single birds seen from Fen and Island hides

Great skua

Up to 24 birds seen offshore (12/10/09)

Kittiwake

Up to 135 birds seen offshore, some very close in (12/10/09)

Short eared owl

Single bird seen flying off sea (14/10/09)

Richards pipit

Single bird seen flying over freshmarsh (13/10/09)

Wheatear

Single birds seen regularly near beach boardwalk

Cetti’s warbler

Heard regularly along west bank path

Bearded tit

Good numbers showing well from Island hide and from West Bank path

Starling

Large numbers seen roosting on an evening from West Bank path, up to 15000 birds

Snow bunting

Groups regularly seen on beach, up to 46 birds seen on 14/10/09

Lapland bunting

2 birds seen flying west (14/10/09)

Yellowhammer

2 birds seen flying over fresh marsh (13/10/09)

Day

Date

Time

Day

Date

Time

Thu

15/10

17 28

Mon

19/10

07 34

Fri

16/10

18 14

Tue

20/10

08 14

Sat

17/10

18 54

Wed

21/10

08 54

Sun

18/10

06 55

Thu

22/10

09 32