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Sunday 1 May 2011

Thurlestone Bay.

Easterly force6 with almost total cloud gave another interesting day. Bay watched from 07.00-18.00

325 Bar T Godwit 47 whimbrel, 26 Dunlin, 5 Grey Plover,1 Curlew, 1 Knot( first of the year ) 3 Common Tern, 2 Sandwich Tern , 20 Common Scoter, 3 Common Gull, only Skua of the day was a lp Arctic which at 17.30 took the same flight path as the Godwits straight up the valley.

At 08.00 on South Huish marsh a Wood Sandpiper ( flew off over Bolt Tail ). A Tree Pipit flew in off the sea .

11.30 Thurlestone marsh a female Marsh harrier .

Late sat eve a further 35 Bar T Godwit taking the day total to 747 , with todays passage the4 day total now 1353