A Great White Egret in the estuary was the pick of the new arrivals, feeding on the mudflats and moving with the dropping tide towards Cockwood, before being flushed by an Osprey. It was again present in Shutterton Creek early evening. Still a scarce visitor, this is the longest onsite stay yet!
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| Great White Egret - Jim Summers |
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| Great White Egret - Kevin Rylands |
Three Pintail and two Shoveler were fresh in with the Wigeon and Teal, with 103 Shelduck and 24 Dark-bellied Brent Geese in The Bight. Waders included single Spotted Redshank and Whimbrel, with counts of 92 Dunlin, 85 Ringed Plover, 39 Knot, 27 Turnstone, 18 Bar and eight Black-tailed Godwit, 17 Greenshank, 17 Sanderling and four Grey Plover.
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| Ringed Plover - Jim Summers |
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| Dunlin - Jim Summers |
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| Sanderling - Jim Summers |
Also in the estuary, 44 Great Black-backed and five Mediterranean Gull, 21 Sandwich and three Common Tern, 19 Little Egret and two Kingfisher.
Elsewhere 20 Common Scoter were offshore, the b was on the Golf Course and migrants included at least five Chiffchaff, a Blackcap and a Goldcrest in the blown out bushes and a Wheatear in the saltmarsh.
Other Wildlife: Two Grey Seal were on Bull Hill, and despite the conditions, a small increase in Rush Veneer.
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