The strong winds limited passerine activity, but a Snow Bunting found mid afternoon on the beach near groyne 11 was untroubled by the conditions, actively feeding around the exposed geotubes and occasionally the adjacent fairway.
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| Snow Bunting - Lee Collins |
The same conditions saw a build up of over 140 Great Black-backed Gull in the estuary, with a 1CY Caspian Gull on Bull Hill and a 3CY Yellow-legged Gull on Finger Point.
Other counts over the high tide included 1730 Wigeon, 386 Dark and eight Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 240 Dunlin, 83 Shelduck, 30 Black and 22 Bar-tailed Godwit, 15 Greenshank, 12 Grey Plover, 12 Sanderling, three Mediterranean Gull, an Avocet, a Spotted Redshank and the Garganey.
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| Wigeon - Lee Collins |
Offshore early morning another southerly passage of Gannet, Kittiwake and auks with 26 Curlew, mostly singles, 10 Common Scoter, three Red-throated and two Great Northern Diver, two Mediterranean and a briefly lingering adult Little Gull. Six Eider and two Great Northern Diver were on the sea.
Year list addition:
182. Snow Bunting
182. Snow Bunting
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