At PHP the council were ripping out waterside willows which was opening out views but looks awful and running a chipper which was incredibly noisy; no chance of hearing any passerines but I think I heard a Kingfisher calling but couldn't locate it. Few duck, with just four Shovelers and just one Pochard and a flyover Buzzard whilst having a coffee.
The light was nice although I wasn't sure of the tides before I popped over to Nore Barn. Luckily it seemed to be an hour or so after high tide and the paths were accessible - this colour ringed Greenshank was cosied up to the regular Spot'shank and the latter at least was quite comfortable with my presence; he or she must be incredibly tolerant of birders/togs/dog walkers to keep returning. The 'warden of the marshes' was also present which didn't help and the two redshanks took a flight over to the shoreline before being flushed back to me by dogs and owners. Apparently the colour ringed Greenshank is also well known here. Nothing else here but a small group of Brent.
Sent the photo to the local Emsworth group who popped it on their website.
At Warblington the Cattle Egret was with 11 Littles amongst the cows just west of the parking bays
