High Tide

A fairly quiet scene on the incoming tide meant the only small waders initially on display were two Dunlin and a Turnstone, small numbers of Redshank and Lapwing were also dotted about.

Walking further up river I came across a single Meadow Pipit - the first of the autumn - and a Wheatear perched on a log. Wildfowl numbers on the increase here with at least a few dozen Teal.

As the tide turned the birds appeared. A flock of small waders mainly made up of Dunlin and Ringed Plovers also held two Sanderling. A Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sanpiper and a Greenshank were other birds of note.