Sunday, 15 December 2024

Sunday 15th December

Again no sign of the Green-winged Teal in the estuary where counts included, 418 Dark and a Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 379 Teal, 363 Wigeon, 97 Shelduck, eight Greenshank, threes of Black-tailed Godwit, Pintail and Red-breasted Merganser and single Kingfisher and Mediterranean Gull.

Elsewhere a Tawny Owl briefly in the Entrance Bushes was the first of the year, with 13 Long-tailed Tit, eight Chiffchaff, three Goldcrest, two Siskin and a Buzzard were on site, 31 Great Crested Grebe, six Red-throated and five Great Northern Diver were offshore and single Lesser Redpoll and Siskin were overhead.

Year list addition:

186. Tawny Owl

Other Wildlife: The weather saw Red Admiral again on the wing, along with Buff-tailed Bumblebee. Dolphins were again distantly offshore and the Grey Squirrel still on the Golf Course.

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