Counts from the evening high tide included 377 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 124 Black-tailed Godwit, 110 Redshank, 66 Shelduck, 13 Avocet, the most since August 2022, nine Greenshank, three Shoveler, two Mediterranean Gull and a Pintail.
Elsewhere in blown out conditions, a Water Rail at the First Pond, a Dartford Warbler along the Back Path, two Chiffchaff and a Goldcrest in the bushes and 25 Common Scoter offshore.
Ringing News: Eight new DCWRG Dunlin were recorded for the winter, at total of 27 have now been recorded since the first returning birds on 27 October. Five colour-ringed Great Black-backed Gull were present early morning, four from Portland Harbour with the fifth from The Netherlands, just the second Dutch recovery for the Warren.
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