A late afternoon walk today both to take Jet out and explore the new Novartis Ings wader roost site. We were luck with the weather: mild at 14C with sunny intervals and fairly still. Lucky with the tide too as it was approaching high tide and birds were being washed off the mud flats and and settling on the new roost site. This is located where I expected but has now had scrapes excavated separated by banks, some of which will be chalk gravel while some will be grass, this providing birds with a variety of terrain for roosting and breeding. We had an joyable walk with 21 species observed. The site is fenced off but can be viewed from the boundary, especially the sea wall, although if it is an evening tide and a clear day one is looking straight into the sun. A morning itde or cloud would be preferable.
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