We had an excellent public walk on Saturday morning. Welcome to some new folk. Despite the murky weather, ten of us found 50! species between us. Partly because there was an incoming tide, and that the rain held off, we decided that we were up for a trek down to Sker. We were rewarded by seeing Purple Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Curlew, Rock Pipit, and Golden Plover arriving. Back at the centre by noon, most of us were keen to carry on down to the pool where we found lots of waterfowl, (no Long-tailed Duck, or Bittern were seen) Goldeneye, 6 Great Crested Grebe, lots of Pochard, Teal, Tufted Duck, – I’ll post the full list later!

Many thanks to my co- leader, John Western, and the help other expert birders!

Jean Haslam,