August 2nd
On a still but overcast morning we covered most of the western half of the Marsh. We saw 9 Shelduck, 20 Teal, 1 Fulmar, 9 Cormorants, 5 Little Egrets, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 4 Kestrels, 6 Oystercatchers, 7 Ringed Plovers, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 1 Snipe, 1 Curlew, 4 Dunlin, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 juvenile Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Little Owls, 2 Kingfishers, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 6 Pied Wagtails, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 5 Sedge Warblers, 2 Whitethroats and 1 Willow Warbler.

Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull

Juvenile Mediterranean Gull