A grey, overcast day with a stiff northly wind adding a rare wintry feel. Some Oystercatcher have however already left on spring migration with just 189 birds present today. Numbers were also reduced by the low neap high tide, with other counts from the estuary including 380 Dunlin, 115 Teal, 35 Shelduck, 20 Sanderling (19 remaining on Bull Hill throughout), 14 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, eight Greenshank, five Grey Plover, two Red-breasted Merganser and a Knot.
Elsewhere single Common Scoter and Great Northern Diver were offshore and five Teal, three Shoveler and a Little Grebe were on the Main Pond.
Ringing News: In the conditions 19 Dunlin reads was a good effort, a similar number of Oystercatcher included singles first ringed in 1997 & 2004.
Other Wildlife: Larval mines of the fly Agromyza nigrescens were noted in crane's-bill leaves, a scarce/under-recorded species.
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| Agromyza nigrescens - Kevin Rylands |
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