A short lived tern movement during rain mid-morning resulted in 3 Arctic Terns (adult and 2 juveniles) and two adult Common Terns. 

This morning:

Juvenile Black-necked Grebe

2 juvenile Arctic and 1 adult Common Tern dropped in around 08:20 during rain

Common Sandpiper on the spit

2 Redshanks briefly

At least 19 Chiffchaffs on and around Ramsdales Ruck, also 9 Goldcrests

Various short visits throughout the day produced,

Common sandpiper 1 at the boat club

Little egret 1

Swift 3

Black-headed gull ringed in Holland in 2016. Metal ring on right leg 3,738,977

Teal 7

I'm finding it tough going at the flash at the moment, water levels too high, vegetation too tall, habitats too overgrown, very restricted shore line, crowds like I've never seen here before and loads of disturbance. Roll on a stormy day in the middle of November I say!

Early morning today:

The 2 Redshank on the sailing club shore eventually flew off high west

2 Little Egrets flew low east along the flash

31+ Swifts up to 8am

3 House Martins

8 Chiffchaffs and 2 Blackcaps on and around Ramsdales Ruck

Two redshank and 2 kingfishers at the boat club were the best I could manage early morning today. No sign of yesterdays black tern for me, nor yesterday evening at 18.30.

Juvenile Black Tern resting by the spit at 5pm

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

This morning up to 7am;

Common sandpiper 3, two at boat club, one on ruck

Swift 5+

This morning:

Common sandpiper 1 at the boat club

Swift 15

Little egret 1

This morning:

2 Little Egrets (one of which made its way onto the sailing club shore)

1 Common Sandpiper

1 eclipse drake Mandarin on the sailing club shore

860 Coot

4 Common Terns

4 Willow Warblers, 8 Chiffchaff and 2 Blackcap on and around Ramsdales Ruck

17 Swifts

Late news for yesterday evening when a second winter Mediterranean Gull was present, 3 drake Common Scoter flew west at 8:48pm and 2 Little Egrets were in the sailing club shore.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

This morning, 2 Common Scoters, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Redshank, 1 Little Egret.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

Dean Clark wrote:

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Is accessibility good after the recent rain?

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 All seems well if a little wet/muddy in places Dean.

This morning:

5 Common Terns

2 Kingfishers in Ramsdales

2 Sedge Warblers and at least 4 Reed Warblers in Ramsdales Reedbed

18 Chiffchaffs, 7 Willow Warblers, 3 Reed Warblers, 5 Blackcaps and 2 Whitethroats on and around Ramsdales Ruck

Is accessibility good after the recent rain?

2 drake Common Scoter and a Common Sandpiper were the highlights this morning.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison

A couple of hours either side of midday produced:

A fairly large mixed warbler feeding flock on Ramsdales Ruck consisted of a minimum of 14 Chiffchaffs, 9 Willow Warbler and 4 Blackcaps, mainly juveniles.

Juvenile Cetti's warbler on the shore of Ramsdales Ruck

16 Common Terns

Hobby way over high above the SE of the flash, soaring for a while then actively chasing Swifts

3 Raven together circling high over the flash, slowly loving off NW

106 Lapwing on the spit

77 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 61 of which were juveniles 

3 Shoveler, a female with two fully grown and fledged juveniles

Family party of Bullfinch along the shore of Ramsdales Ruck

An excellent morning, 7:45 - 10:45,

Garganey 1 juvenile briefly close to Horrock's hide, then flew in direction of Ramsdales. This is the first Garganey I've heard of here this year, certainly my first.

Common sandpiper 5 at the boat club.

Shelduck 2 juveniles flying around then departed west.

Common tern 11

Great black-backed gull 1 juvenile

Lesser black-backed gull 82 with 51 juveniles

Tufted duck 50+ including female with 3 chicks at Pengy's and bird with nasal saddle CH1

Just a very quick look from the boat club at 8am today on my way out revealed 14 terns which I'm fairly confident were all common, though I did only have binoculars with me.

Also today, common sandpiper at the boat club. Attached a few photos of the arctic terns.

This afternoon:

4 Arctic Terns for me (Colin Davies had 5)

14 Common Terns

84 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (including 62 juveniles)

37 Swifts

This morning 18 Black-tailed Godwits flew south.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison

So far this morning, Redshank, 9 Common Terns and 4 kingfishers together.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

This evening, 8+ Common Terns, a Pochard and 3 Oystercatcher.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

This morning, 8:15 - 9:45,

Common tern 11

Little egret 1

Greylag 11

Coot 320+ inc. two large tight packed flocks 

Lesser black-backed gull 120+ inc. at least 85 juveniles

Today,

Common sandpiper 1

Common tern 15

This afternoon,

Dunlin 1 flew through heading west

Little ringed plover 1 juvenile at the boat club

Common sandpiper 1 at the boat club

Common tern 11 

2 female Common Scoter this evening, along with a juvenile Mediterranean Gull, 2 Common Sandpipers, 7 Common Terns and 2 Little Egrets which flew west.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

This morning,

Common scoter 1 female in middle

Common sandpiper 1 on the jetty at the boat club 

Common tern 11+

Little egret 1 juvenile Pengys 

Black-headed gull 310 on the flooded golf course.

Water level of the flash slightly higher than yesterday but the floods on the footpaths etc. Have receded slightly. 

This morning 6am - 7am,

Common tern 13

Tufted duck 65

Sand martin 50

Black-headed gull 262 on the newly created "Lake golf course". Nothing else with them.

Three photos attached to show how much the flash has risen since yesterday. The first was taken at about 3pm yesterday, the other at 6.30am today, the last at 7.30pm today. At least two and a half times the height of a coot!

Horrocks is only accessible along the shoreline of the flash, the path through the woods is a torrent of water at least ankle deep. Charlie Owen and Pengys hides inaccessible. The golf course and new car parking areas are now lakes.

I spent a couple of hours in Horrock's hide this afternoon, in torrential rain, hoping that something might drop in but all I could manage was 13 common terns. 

I didn't go to Teal / Charlie Owen hide but I imagine it's impassable. Westleigh Brook had burst it's banks yesterday morning and the footpath was under 20cm of water, after this lot I don't think you'd even get through with wellies. 

2 adult Arctic Terns present this evening, also 3 adult Common Terns and three Little Egrets.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

It's a struggle at the moment with very high water levels and over grown habitat meaning that there is virtually no shoreline, and tall vegetation impedes viewing from almost everywhere. Hopefully now that the children's playground, cafe and new car park have been opened, and the hides have been painted inside and out, and Iron Man has been and gone, they will spend at least some time and money on improving the habitat at this part of the "National Nature Reserve". I have at least been assured that the spit will be completely cleared of vegetation in August or September depending on water levels, and will then be kept clear. We shall see....

Anyway, with open water swimmers all over the flash from 6:30am today and later yachts, plus dogs and anglers everywhere, the best I could manage today was 9 common terns and a single little egret, plus about 70 lesser black-backed gulls including around 50 juveniles. 

Early afternoon, drake common scoter in the middle of the flash. 

This morning, 4 little egrets in trees and occasionally flying around from Pengy's hide.

Also 7 common terns. 

This evening, single Black-tailed Godwit, adult Common Gull, 5 Little Egrets with a single bird flying into the nature reserve at 9:40pm.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

This morning,

Little egret 3 inc. Juvenile

Common tern 15

Lesser black-back gull 61 inc. 44 juveniles 

Late news for yesterday evening included a drake Common Scoter, 2 Little Egrets, 50 Lapwings, 5 Common Terna and 150 Swifts.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Also this morning,  2 Common sandpipers at the boat club.

This morning, 2 Little Egret, Peregrine over a Black-tailed Godwit trying to unsuccessfully land on the spit (high water levels) and 10 Common Terns.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

This morning, 

Little egret 4 inc. adult and juvenile in Ramsdales 

Common tern 18+

Common sandpiper 1

Greylag 14

Lesser black-back 50+ Inc. 20 juveniles that dropped in mid-morning. 

3 Black-tailed Godwits on the spit with 92 Lapwing this evening, plus an adult Mediterranean Gull flew west, 5 Common Terns, 3 Oystercatchers and 60 Swifts.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

This evening, seven little egrets flying around the trees behind Ramsdales as viewed from the boat club. I'm not sure what's going on with little egrets at the moment, I keep seeing birds in the evening behaving in the same way. It was four last week, then ones or twos and now seven this evening. Presumably they're roosting at the flash since they're not really recorded all that frequently during the day, just the occasional sighting.

This morning, 5.30 - 6.30,

Redshank 2 at boat club

Common sandpiper 1 at boat club

Common tern 9+ including 3+ juveniles 

Tufted duck 61 mainly off the eastern reedbed 

Mid-afternoon, juvenile peregrine over the south side drifting south. Later the same bird low over my front garden.

At least 19 common terns this morning including several juveniles. Water levels are getting quite high now, not a lot of places left for waders.

Juvenile Black-necked Grebe off the East Bay reeds with a Tufted Duck flock from 7:30pm.

Also, Common Sandpiper, 300 Swift and 8 Common Terns.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes 

Midday today,

Peregrine 1 juvenile flew west pursued by about 10 terns. 

Common tern 19 inc. at least 5 juveniles. A family party of 4 arctic terns may have gone through west but I didn't really see them well enough. I've included them in the 19 common terns. 

Common sandpiper 1 at the boat club

Great black-backed gull 1 adult

Lesser black-backed gull 30+ including at least 4 juveniles

Teal 2 in Ramsdales

Yesterday evening, 5 adult Arctic Terns around 8:40pm with 3 flying through west, 12 Common Sandpipers together, 2 Redshanks and 12 Common Terns including 4 juveniles. 

This morning, single Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpipers, 2 Teal, 3 Oystercatchers, 8 Common Terns and a juvenile Little Egret on Ramsdales Scrape.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Early this morning, 10 Common Terns including 2 juveniles, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Raven.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme