The regular early morning dispersal of Red-throated Diver from an unknown roost site further east, saw 28 south in a 45-minute seawatch from 8:30, no doubt others would have passed earlier. Also from the seawall several Kittiwake from the Straight Point colony were feeding offshore with a few of the 20 passing Gannet joining in, the four Eider were off the estuary mouth and a Great Northern Diver.
Counts from the estuary included 305 Dark and a Pale-bellied Brent Geese at low tide with just 200 Dunlin on the evening tide, along with 88 Redshank, 32 Grey Plover, 20 Shelduck, 16 Teal, eight Greenshank, five Knot and two Red-breasted Merganser.
The woods were given a miss with increased floodwater following more overnight rain. A pair of Shoveler were still on the Main Pond and the lone female Mute Swan remains.
Other Wildlife: Between the showers flies were active on the Alexanders with several Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax and a few Hairy-eyed Syrphus S. torvus were joined today by a couple of Small False-greenbottle Neomyia cornicina.
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| Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax and Hairy-eyed Syrphus S. torvus - Alan Keatley |
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