Martin's Haven & Dale area

Martin's Haven
Good movement in the valley as the rain lifted at lunchtime: Spotted Flycatchers (2-3), Blackcap, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Reed Bunting, Robin, Stonechat.
Yesterday 3x Little Egret over, Peregrine, Kestrel. 21 seal pups now on the beaches at end of Deer Park. 180 Canada Geese feeding on stubble to S of NT car park. Flock of 30 Chough. Male Kestrel regularly patrolling the valley.

The Gann
High tide this morning: 4 Dabchick, 18 Brent Geese, 50+ Curlew, 3 Turnstone, 5 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover, 3 Peregrine. 7 Wigeon, 2 Teal flying over.
Lots of Wheatear: 30+ along the sea wall from the car park to the estuary.
Big movement of Swallows flying W-E from 0900: counted 500+ by 1000

Dale airfield
Continued large quantities of of migrating Swallows all heading directly W-E. 20+ Wheatear amongst larger quantities of mipits, 5 Chough on runways. A flock of 12 Snipe circled around for 10-15 mins before alighting briefly on flooded runway. I flushed another 4 nearby. 2 Goldcrest in gorse.