Thursday 28th August

Half-low ebb tide with a good area of mud, a very cloudy gray sky and a hint of rain. August Ugh!!! However I had my first sighting of Redshank, two were on the mud below Black Rocks surrounded by a large group of Common, Herring, and Black Headed Gulls, while immediately under the cliff a Heron crouched, hunched up and well away from the water. Later, at the Peregrine Watch, a Cormorant flew down stream, and a Peregrine moved from the top of the yew onto the banana tree then disappeared into the foliage of the whitebeam to the left of the Raven's Nest.