Saturday, 4 January 2025

Saturday 4th January

Wildfowl counts from the estuary on the dropping tide included 585 Teal236 Wigeon, 89 Shelduck and five Red-breasted Merganser with four Greenshank and a Peregrine also present. 

Elsewhere five Shoveler and two Water Rail were at the Main Pond, 20 Common Scoter, three Eider and a Red-throated Diver were offshore with nine Cirl Bunting, five Bullfinch, two Goldcrest and two Chiffchaff in the bushes.

Year list addition:

72. Peregrine
73. Goldcrest
74. Common Scoter

Ringing News: A successful DCWRG cannon-netting session, of sorts, this morning, only the one Oystercatcher the main target was caught and ringed but 156 Dunlin were also trapped, most now sporting coded colour-rings. Two notable recoveries were metal ringed birds from Germany and Sweden. 

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