Glasson Dock (from Bowling Green – mid afternoon, rising tide)
1 adult Black Tern – commuting between the estuary and Glasson Basin
18 Common Tern (17 adults, 1 juvenile)
15 Mediterranean Gull (11 adults, 3 2nd winter, 1 juvenile)
5 Avocet – north of Conder Creek mouth
10 Black-tailed Godwit
20 Dunlin
2 female Goosander
Bank Houses – Plover Scar (late afternoon, high tide)
130 Ringed Plover
10 Golden Plover
2 Whimbrel
3 adult Mediterranean Gull – 1 flew south past Plover Scar, with at least 2 among a large, distant group of Black-headed Gulls roosting on the sea north of Lighthouse Cottage at high tide
Bodie Hill, Glasson Dock – No Golden Plovers roosting at the north end of Glasson Marsh over the late afternoon neap high tide.
Pete C