One of two Ospreys off Mudbank first thing this morning. This bird was pursued upriver by Common Terns whilst the regular bird sat on its usual marker post. This afternoon both birds roamed up and down the river together - some sort of bond apparently established.
Common Terns were a big feature of today with a fairly conservative 600+ counted resting on Cockle Sands first thing. Also off Mudbank today - 1 Little Tern, 1 Great White Egret (downriver shortly after 330pm), 2 Ospreys, 9 Greenshank, 6 Redshank, 1 Knot, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpipers, 190+ Curlew, c255 Teal, 17 Whimbrel, 4 Dunlin, 4+ Sanderling and 49 Shelduck.
The 5cy Yellow-legged Gull was seen off Mudbank and on the rugby pitch, and off Shelly Beach - 2 Grey Wagtails, 2 Turnstones, c60 Sandwich Terns, 3 Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Grey Plovers, 45+ Ringed Plovers and 6 Sanderling. Masses of Common Terns too, including birds heading high south.
Little time spent on Orcombe but 1 Yellow Wagtail and 4 Wheatear recorded.
Common Terns pretty close off Mudbank.
Numbers of Common Terns lifting off Cockle Sands with Lympstone Manor in the background. Just a fraction of the birds present today. Photo taken from Shelly Beach.
Common Terns heading high out to sea past Shelly Beach.
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