Monday 9th August

A Bar-tailed Godwit was at Johnson's Marsh, and 6 Yellow Wagtails were seen at Wykeham East Lake. A feeding frenzy in South Bay involved 4100 Herring Gulls (of which at least 1700 were juveniles), 12 Sandwich Terns, 6 Common Terns, 12 Mediterranean Gulls, 65 Black-headed Gulls and a Red-breasted Merganser. 3 Whimbrel, 4 Turnstones, a Common Sandpiper, a Redshank, 28 Oystercatchers and 13 Curlew were seen on Black Rocks, while 40 Common Terns and 2 Arctic Terns were in Cornelian Bay. 2 Willow Warblers were seen along South Cliff, and 10 Bar-tailed Godwits flew south past Long Nab.