A week ago it seemed that migration had all but stopped at the flash, but the past few days have proven that it's still on-going, with a mass influx of black terns and a few waders such as greenshank, turnstone, dunlin and today a couple of ringed plovers. When I first arrived this morning at 05:45 there was just the one, but then it flew up very high and I thought it was leaving until suddenly mid-flight it was joined by a second bird and the two dropped down again onto the spit. I've no idea where the second bird came from, but looking at the photos it would appear that they are male and female. Perhaps new love was found in a chance encounter high above the flash!
Also today, a single black tern was still present, and a feature of the past few days has been the masses of swift over the boat club, with at least 500 birds today.
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