Wildfowl counts from the estuary on the dropping tide included 585 Teal, 236 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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