Wednesday 20th July 2022

A change in the wind direction resulted in birds on the move with southbound 307 Black-headed Gull, 59 Swift, 32 Curlew, 16 Sandwich Tern, 14 Sand Martin, 12 Common Gull, 9 Oyk, 7 Med Gull, 6 Common Tern, 4 Sanderling, 3 Dunlin, 2 Greenshank, 2 Kittiwake, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Wigeon, Barwit, Golden Plover, Swallow & Tufted Duck. On the beach early morning 2 Dunlin, 2 Sanderling & Lapwing. On site a couple of dispersing juvenile Chiffchaff plus a loitering Nightingale.

We weren't really expecting the first site record of Little Emerald which is, apparently, a common species but with very few records from this part of Suffolk this century.

Ringing: 2 Dunnock, 2 Linnet, 1 Blackbird, 1 Chiffchaff.