Another cold and blustery day but warming slightly as it moved on... No new migrants at all but the two Bar-tailed Godwits were on Purfleet Scrape first thing with nine Curlew while a Black-tailed Godwit was out on the Shooting Butts Pool. There was no sign of the 33 Golden Plover that came in with the blizzard yesterday but our one Grey Plover became 18 as the tide dropped! The Black Redstarts were still at the west end and another female along with a male Wheatear were found by the wardens out on Wennington, near the railway. Amazingly Nicole also saw the Bittern this evening so keep your eyes open whilst scanning the Target Pools...
Caspian and Yellow-legged Gulls were seen on the landfill by Dom.
Four Curlew, two Barwits, Coot and Mallard (Brenda Clayton)
5-4-13
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer