The strong winds died down overnight but early morning again saw a heavy southerly passage with at least 1500 Kittiwake and 640 Gannet joined by two Velvet Scoter just before 8am, seven Great Northern and two Red-throated Diver and the first Red-breasted Merganser of the autumn. On the sea were seven Eider and two additional Great Northern and a Red-throated Diver.
The Garganey was again amongst the Teal in the estuary, becoming the first November record for the Warren. Other wildfowl included 1440 Wigeon, 232 Dark and 11 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 84 Shelduck, six Great Crested Grebe and three Pintail.
Wader counts over high tide included 273 Redshank, 190 Black and 22 Bar-tailed Godwit, 240 Dunlin, 60+ Turnstone, 48 Ringed and 18 Grey Plover, 23 Knot, 18 Sanderling and 11 Greenshank.
Elsewhere 55 Linnet were around The Bight, 25 Meadow Pipit, 11 Chiffchaff and a good count of six Reed Bunting were on site, two Kingfisher were contesting the Main Pond and a trickle of migrants overhead included nine Skylark, seven Chaffinch, two Siskin and two Redpoll.
Ringing News: Coverage of the high tide resulted in sightings of 44 Oystercatcher and seven Dunlin from the DCWRG Exe project back for another winter. A metal ringed Dutch Black-headed Gull was also present in The Bight.
Dunlin OH - Lee Collins
Other Wildlife: A Southern Hawker was still active in Greenland Lake mid morning.
Southern Hawker - Lee Collins
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