A tristis Siberian Chiffchaff, the first of the year, was a new arrival amongst seven Chiffchaff, including a grey bird with a 'normal' call, four Goldcrest, a Firecrest and the Coal Tit. Also on site, 21 Meadow Pipit, six Bullfinch, two Reed Bunting, single Great Spotted and Green Woodpecker and, at the Main Pond, the Cetti's Warbler.
The Spotted Redshank was again in the estuary, with counts of 1195 Dunlin, 484 Wigeon, 144 Redshank, 54 Bar-tailed Godwit, 93 Teal, 32 Turnstone, 20 Ringed Plover, eight Sanderling, eight Greenshank, three Mediterranean Gull and a Pale-bellied Brent Goose.
Elsewhere four Great Northern Diver and four Eider were on the sea, with two additional Great Northern Diver heading S.
Other Wildlife: Sweet Violet was one of several plants still in flower, a regular species in the BSBI New Year Plant Hunt.
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