Sunday, 16 November 2025

Sunday 16th November

The five female Velvet Scoter, four adults, remained off the seawall with eight Common Scoter, five Great Crested Grebe and a Great Northern Diver with a redhead Goosander north over seawall early afternoon.

The juvenile Spoonbill was again actively feeding in Shutterton Creek on the incoming tide with eight Greenshank and single AvocetLapwing and Spotted Redshank also present. Counts included 392 Dark and three Pale-bellied Brent Goose41 Bar and four Black-tailed Godwit15 Sanderling, the Curlew Sandpiper amongst the Dunlin and a Kingfisher.

Curlew Sandpiper & Dunlin - Lee Collins

Elsewhere at least 6000 Woodpigeon flew SW early morning and the Firecrest was still in Dead Dolphin Wood.

Other Wildlife: A bull Grey Seal was in the estuary.

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