​Leader: Nick Edwards
Reporter: Cath Robinson

The weather had been so good up until the Sunday....Eight of us turned up at the Winterton Beach car park hoping that the forecast for rain later in the morning might be wrong. We started off, most of us prepared with waterproofs just in case. And after a short hike along
the dunes, we arrived on the beach near the roped off sector, already hearing the cries of Little Terns. There were, literally, hundreds lined up on the water’s edge occasionally all taking off and swirling in a cloud above the sea. On our other side we picked out many nests
in the roped section, some with quite large chicks; some with adults still incubating and there were also a few Ringed Plovers sitting on nests and also roaming the beach. It was an amazing sight and a real treat to see so many Little Terns.

Coordinator: Alan Hughes
Leader: Andy Rhodes
Reporter: David Laurie
Bird List: David Gibbons

​Firstly, a big thank you to SMHOT for allowing Andy (who volunteers there) to take us on a walk beyond the flower meadow into a part of the reserve not normally open to visitors and later on a short excursion into the 50 acre Beaver enclosure to see signs of their activity. Sixteen members started at 9:00 on a day with a brisk and chilly NW wind that persisted throughout, though rain was thankfully confined to a short spell at lunchtime. We began with a pair of Red Kites over the car park and a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker perched obligingly in a tree. The feeders by the Visitor Centre had a House Sparrow.