Sunday 8th March

Counts from the estuary included an impressive 152 Snipe pushed into view on the edge of the Saltmarsh by the high tide along with 145 Brent Geese, 124 Black and 123 Bar-tailed Godwit, 104 Grey Plover, 77 Knot, 15 Teal, four Greenshank, three Goldeneye and two sinensis Cormorant. 

Bar-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover, Dunlin & Sanderling - Lee Collins

Elsewhere two Red-throated and a Great Northern Diver were offshore with 13 Great-crested Grebe and six Common Scoter, two Raven were a rare sight foraging in the Saltmarsh, 14 Meadow Pipit flew north with another displaying on Warren Point and two Mute Swan were in the flooded Greenland Lake.