Black tern still present but no sign of the five mystery waders. They looked like curlew sandpipers to me but the rain was so hard it was almost like fog and it was dull so I'll never know for sure.

Also this morning, juvenile Shelduck. 

Black tern currently over the flash.

Still one Green Sandpiper from Ramsdale hide,and the juv Ruff from Horrocks hide. A Cettis Warbler calling by Horrocks hide,33 Great Crested Grebe together in Ramsdale Flash and a single drake Pochard there as well.

This early morning:

Adult Hobby flew north over the ruck at 06:54, towards Bickershaw

Juvenile Ruff still present on the spit

Green Sandpiper in Ramsdales Scrape

Adult Common Tern flew west at 07:02

Ring-necked Parakeet flew east along the south side of the flash at 07:35

Hirundines moving through SW included a flock of c80 Sand Martins 

5 Swifts

1 Tree Pipit low south at 07:06

5 Meadow Pipits SW

2 Grey Wagtails very high north over the ruck together at 07:08

13 Chiffchaffs on the ruck

3 Willow Warblers on the ruck

11 Goldcrests on the ruck

5 Linnets flew south together over the ruck at 06:47

Juvenile Little Gull still present this morning, also two juvenile Redshanks flew onto the north side of the spit, juvenile Ruff also still present, Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, Pochard in Ramsdales and 10+Swifts

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Juvenile little gull this afternoon.

A Spotted Redshank flew onto spit at 5:46pm this afternoon, then flew towards west end at 5:50pm

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

10:15-13:00

Great White Egret was on spit, viewed from opposite. Also Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 2 Cettis Warbler, 20 Lapwing, Linnet, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Goldcrest, 20 Swift, uncounted House Martin, Sand Martin and Swallow, Common Buzzard, 5 Chiffchaff.

Couldn't see the small Canada Goose from Green Lane, but E corner of Flash not visible from there

300+ Hirundines, almost all Swallow but 1+ Sand Martin too. All pushed away from busy yachting area

Great White Egret W end

3+ Chiffchaff around Sorrowcow

First thing this morning:

87 Tufted Duck

Great White Egret again at the western end, then flew to the south side and eventually at 07:10 flew off west

2 Green Sandpipers

Juvenile Ruff still on the spit

Single Snipe on the tip of the spit

19 Swifts

1 Meadow Pipit on the ruck

3 Tree Pipits, with two flushed from grass by a dog at 07:50 not 50 yards from where I'd been stood for over 30 minutes! They circled low over me calling and landed briefly in trees before flying off east. Then at 08:10 another was heard fairly low over the central part of the ruck and sounded like it was either coming up off or dropping in but wasn't seen. 

1 Yellow Wagtail high south over the ruck at 06:55

7 Willow Warblers around the ruck

39 Chiffchaffs around the ruck, including 27 in a single very active flock on the top of the ruck, counted as they flew across a large gap and into the trees next to me, the flock also containing a few Blue and Long-tailed Tits

The juvenile Ruff was still on the spit this morning, also around the site, a Little Egret, flyover Raven and 26 Swifts.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison

This early morning:

Great White Egret at the western end

2 Green Sandpipers

Juvenile Ruff still on the spit

2 adult Great Black-backed Gulls loafing

1 adult Common Tern

180 Swallows feeding over the water (smaller numbers of Sand Martins uncounted)

11 Swifts feeding over the ruck

Cetti's Warbler still around The Point

24 Chiffchaffs and 7 Willow Warblers around the ruck

This afternoon;

Ruff 1 on the spit, presumably the same bird as yesterday. Feeding on the floating vegetation on the tide line and walking back and forth from the very end of the spit to right in front of Horrock's hide.

Green sandpiper 2 on Ramsdales scrape

Great white egret 1

Hobby hunting over the ruck

10+swifts

Black-headed gull 1cy with Polish ring TNAE

This morning:

16 Shoveler

46 Tufted Duck

1 Ringed Plover through west at 06:48

2 Snipe, with one on the spit and another over NW at 07:42

1 adult Great Black-backed Gull on the water

4 Common Terns

2+ Hobby, with two together chasing hirundines over the sailing club/Sorrow Cow area at 07:20, at least one of which was a juvenile, both departing low NW. Then at 07:42 an adult flew leisurely fairly low SSE over the ruck and off into the distance. The later bird could conceivably have been the unaged bird from the two together a little earlier.

160+ Swallows feeding

24 Swifts

12 Chiffchaffs and 4 Willow Warblers around the ruck

This morning:

52 Tufted Ducks

1 Little Egret over west at 08:04

1 adult Great Black-backed Gull

5 Common Terns, with a non-breeding plumaged adult joined at 08:02 by four which flew in from the west three of which were juveniles

33 Swifts

1 juvenile Yellow Wagtail around the sailing club shore, with several Pied and a couple of Grey Wagtails juveniles

Warblers around the ruck included 16 Chiffchaffs, 12 Willow Warblers, 4 Blackcaps and at least 2 Whitethroats. A Cetti’s Warbler remains along the shore of the ruck, just slightly west of The Point

1 Nuthatch at the western end

Early this morning:

Green Sandpiper on Ramsdales Scrape

1 Oystercatcher

180 Swifts

1 Tree Pipit on/over Ramsdales Ruck at 07:43, sounded like it was dropping in but could not be refound so possibly continued over

The bushes and trees around the shore of the ruck in particular held:

3 Whitethroats

9 Reed Warblers

14 Willow Warblers

27 Chiffchaffs

This morning:

drake Mandarin

2 Little Ringed Plovers

1 Oystercatcher

1 Green Sandpiper on Ramsdales Scrape

The usual movement of gulls through SW, with a maximum raft on the water at one point of 106 juveniles (94 Lesser Black-backed and 12 Herring)

1 adult Great Black-backed Gull

5 Common Terns

Still plenty of warblers around Ramsdales Ruck, including 3 Whitethroats and the Cetti’s still around The Point

Early afternoon today:

1 Little Egret

11 Common Terns

290 Sand Martins

160+ Swifts

Much smaller numbers of House Martin and Swallow, probably barely breaking double figures

28 Tufted Duck in Ramsdales

Decent morning in glorious weather ( for the birds at least!). In addition to the Sandwich tern, an Adult Hobby was over the west end briefly just before 7.45 before going low behind trees in a light rain shower. A Great White Egret flew in from the East circled over the spit a couple of times before loosing height and appearing to drop into the nature reserve area. Common Sandpiper on the spit, at least 60 Swift still about. 2 Family parties of Willow tit and several large mixed tit and warbler flocks around the site also included several Treecreeper and Goldcrest

Sandwich tern still on no. 9 buoy from sailing club, also curlew over.