Saturday, 22 November 2025

Saturday 22nd November

A Storm Petrel off the seawall early afternoon was a surprise just the sixth record for the month and with little else passing offshore, also present in choppy conditions at least 33 Common and two Velvet Scoter, three Red-throated and a Great Northern Diver.

Counts from the estuary included 266 Teal72 Bar and 58 Black-tailed Godwit70 Shelduck61 Grey and 19 Ringed Plover56 Knot24 Sanderling, two Red-breasted Merganser and a 1CY Yellow-legged Gull.

Elsewhere a Cetti's Warbler and a Kingfisher were at the Main Pond, eight Goldcrest, at least six Chiffchaff, single Buzzard, a Coal Tit and Firecrest were in the bushes and migrant Song Thrush were feeding around the shops and along the shore of The Bight. 

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