Garganey distantly off Shelly beach this morning. Looking a bit lost and wary, it didn't hang around for long.
Little time in the field today but Orcombe Point from dawn - 10 Chiffchaffs (an increase), 1 Willow Warbler, 8+ Yellow Wagtails, 4 alba wagtails, 7+ Grey Wagtails, 4+ Swallows, 1+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Collared Doves, 1 Grey Heron and 1 Stonechat.
Off Shelly Beach - 1 Garganey, 1 Black Tern, 1 juvenile Arctic Tern, 1 juvenile Little Gull, 65+ Common Terns, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Mediterranean Gull and 2 Bar-tailed Godwits.
Mudbank - 28 Black-tailed Godwits, 20 Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 11 Knot, 1 Turnstone, 13 Great Crested Grebes, 54 Wigeon and 21 Shelduck.
I assumed this morning's Black Tern was going to be a juvenile but I think it's probably a winter-plumaged adult bird. Distant and quite brief views only unfortunately.
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