Another large white heron was again the highlight with a juvenile Spoonbill roosting on Finger Point over high tide alongside 1171 Oystercatcher, 221 Curlew, 158 Bar-tailed Godwit and 23 Ringed Plover. Frequent visits from a Sparrowhawk interrupted Dunlin, Grey Plover and Knot counts.
Also in the estuary 240 Teal, 196 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 88 Shelduck, 72 Redshank, 62 Wigeon, 38 Turnstone, nine Eider (seven ♀ & two imm ♂), three Great Northern Diver, a Red-breasted Merganser and an Avocet.
Elsewhere seven Red-throated Diver were offshore, five Shoveler (three ♂ & two ♀) on the Main Pond, a Buzzard perched in Dead Dolphin Wood, which flew W at lunchtime, a notable increase to nine Stonechat with 16 Long-tailed Tit and single Chiffchaff and Goldcrest in the bushes.
Year list additions:
89. Spoonbill
90. Buzzard
Other Wildlife: The Grey Squirrel remains in the Entrance Bushes and a Weasel ran across Back Path.
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