Wildfowl counts from the estuary on the dropping tide included 585 Teal, 236 Wigeon, 89 Shelduck and three Red-breasted Merganser with four Greenshank and a Peregrine also present.
Elsewhere two pairs of Shoveler and a Water Rail were at the Main Pond, 20 Common Scoter and two Eider were offshore with nine Cirl Bunting, five Bullfinch, two Goldcrest and two Chiffchaff in the bushes.
Year list addition:
72. Peregrine
73. Goldcrest
74. Common Scoter
Ringing News: A successful DCWRG cannon-netting session, of sorts, this morning, only the one Oystercatcher the main target was caught and ringed but 156 Dunlin were also trapped, most now sporting coded colour-rings. Two notable recoveries were metal ringed birds from Germany and Sweden.
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