WAY MARKERS

1A good spot for a seawatch looking for the likes of Gannet, Great Northern Diver, Fulmar, Shag, Common Scoter, auks, terns and gulls, plus the chance of shearwaters and skuas on strong onshore winds. Check the rocks for Turnstone, Wheatear, Black Redstart, Rock Pipit and Grey Wagtail. Cetaceans can sometimes be seen offshore.

2Scan the shoreline and pools for waders such as Curlew, Oystercatcher, Sanderling, Dunlin, Knot, Bar-tailed and Black-tailed Godwits and Grey and Ringed Plovers. Yellow Wagtails and Wheatears often pause in the dunes while Common and Sandwich Terns move along the coast. Another good spot to scan for seabirds and waders moving in and out of the estuary.

3From the hide at high tide scan the roosting waders for Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper or maybe something rarer such as a phalarope or Pectoral Sandpiper. Roseate, Black and Little Terns are often found among roosting terns, and Mediterranean and Yellow-legged Gulls within gull flocks. Check the estuary water for ducks and grebes.

4The golf fairways should be checked for grounded Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail and the occasional Whimbrel, while marginal scrub and a copse attracts flocks of Goldfinch and Linnet, Whinchat, Redstart, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroats. Resident Sky Lark, Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Reed Bunting and Linnet should also be present.