Seat Naze & Edge Cote

• snipe - 40
• jack snipe - 3
• black headed gull - min 60
• min 6 common gull - min 6
• lesser black backed gull - 1
• herring gull - 11
• woodpigeon - flock of 24
• collared dove - 2
• meadow pipit - 7
• robin - 3blackbird - 4
• song thrush - 1
• fieldfare - flocks of 3 & 28
• starling - flocks of 12 & 30
• wren - 2
• jackdaw - 32
• carrion crow - 12
• magpie - 9
• goldfinch - 2 singles
• bullfinch - 1

Holmes Terrace Lodge

• grey heron - 3
• mallard - 17
• moorhen - 2
• black headed gull - 2
• kingfisher - 1

K Steels to Ewood Bridge

• kingfisher - probably same bird seen twice
• dipper - 2 in terretorial dispute

EBSW circuit

Sad to report a man and a child in the grounds.  The man was carrying a rifle and a dead drake mallard.  There were no large birds on the beds until at least 10 minutes after he left

• grey heron - 1
• cormorant - 1 flying downstream
• mallard - 26
• black headed gull - c 100 flying over the beds
• lesser black backed gull and herring gull - small numbers flying over
• green sandpiper - 1 seen twice
• stock dove - 4
• pied wagtail - c60
• grey wagtail - 1
• meadow pipit - 2
• redwing - 5
• jackdaw - c200 flying around the area around 2pm then c400 flew through the beds in the next hour

cheers Kevin with Andy Y at EBSW