Saturday sightings,weekend weather and next week's tides.

Hello,

It has been a wet day so far today, on the reserve. Despite the rain (forecast said fine!) lots of visitors have spent the day with us, seeing some great birds along the way.

Today's sightings

Highlights have included:

Brent goose 600+

Scaup (drake) 1

Garganey (drake) 1

Fulmar 1

Common tern 1

Arctic tern 3

Avocet 66

Black-tailed godwit 120

Bar-tailed godwit 1

Black-winged stilt 1

Whimbrel 1

Swift 15+

Swallow 30+

Sand martin 4

House martin 6

Merlin (f) 1

Marsh harrier (f) 1

Hen harrier (f) 1

Wheatear 3

Water pipit 1

Yellow wagtail 4

White wagtail 6

Weekend weather

Sunday will be wet all day. The high temp will be a max of 10C, while the low temp will only reach 6C. The wind will come from the north east at a speed of 22mph.

Monday will have some long awaited sunny spells! High temps could reach 15C, while the low temp will only make 8C. The wind will remain a north easterly, but at a steadier speed of 9mph.

Next week's tides

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Simon.