18th August 2019 - Thorney Island circular walk

Sophie and I headed down to Thorney Island, it was a nice sunny day with a mild breeze. Upon arrival we parked near the sewage works and here there were a sizeable flock of House Sparrows, we walked through to the seawall and down the western side first towards the security gate. The pools down here added two Little Grebes, two Mute Swans, 15 Lapwing, 25 Redshank and a Greenshank whilst out in the harbour were a lone Great Crested Grebe. Also over the western side of the Great Deep there were a flock of 30 Common Terns actively feeding as well as two Little Egrets and a Buzzard which drifted over headed. Walking towards Marker Point we stumbled into seven Wheatears and a Peregrine which flew over. We had a quick rest on the bench at Marker Point and here a juvenile Little Tern flew overhead. The rest of our walk was pretty quiet but we did see five Kestrels, 30 Ringed Plovers, a Whimbrel and 14 Swallows.