The Barnacle Goose was in The Bight at high tide with 219 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, including 16 juveniles, a good count for recent years. Also with them 112 Shelduck and two Pale-bellied Brent Geese.
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| Barnacle Goose - Dave Jewell |
Wader counts included 1200 Dunlin, 160 Curlew, 120 Redshank, 53 Great Black-backed Gull, 29 Bar and 26 Black-tailed Godwit, 28 Turnstone, 26 Sanderling, 20 Greenshank and 19 Grey Plover.
Elsewhere a mixed flock of 14 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Chiffchaff, six Goldcrest, a Firecrest and a Great Spotted Woodpecker were in Dead Dolphin Wood with five Siskin in the Entrance Bushes and a male Blackcap along the Back Path.
Other Wildlife: Despite the heavy morning showers it brightened up enough to allow three Common Darter to warm up on fencing. Tiny bramble leafhoppers Ribautiana tenerrima were still active on their foodplant, with Common Wasp and Honey Bee on Gorse.
Common Darter - Alan Keatley
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