The Spoonbill again roosted on Finger Point over high tide but accurate wader and wildfowl counts were prevented by the almost continuous presence of two Peregrine around the Bight.
Peregrine - Alan Keatley
Tallies that made it into the notebook included 900 Oystercatcher, 311 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 146 Curlew, a year high of 117 Shelduck, just 32 Teal and 11 Red-breasted Merganser. The two Black-necked Grebe are still in the estuary, seen distantly off Starcross, outside the Recording Area.
Elsewhere two Fulmar south were the first for several months, with five Red-throated and two Great Northern Diver also offshore, a pair of Little Grebe were seemingly nest building at the Main Pond, and at least one Siberian Chiffchaff remains on site.
Wildlife News: A couple of Marmalade Hoverfly were on the wing, no doubt migrants brought here on the continuing southerly airflow.
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