Wednesday, 17 December 2025

Wednesday 17th December

The 19th Caspian Gull of the year, a 1CY, was on Finger Point over the high tide along with 50+ Great Black-backed Gull

Caspian Gull - Lee Collins

Counts from the estuary included 690 Black and 103 Bar-tailed Godwit227 Teal216 Wigeon110 Shelduck103 Grey Plover100 Knot20 Sanderling, five Greenshank, two Avocet, a pair of Red-breasted Merganser and a moulting drake Pintail with a fem/imm Merlin over the Golf Course and estuary corner.

Presumed Scandinavain littoralis Rock Pipit

Ringing News: Two new Great Black-backed Gull noted, a 2CY from France and a 1CY more unusually from the Netherlands, the first Warren GBB Gull recovery from the country and one of few nationally. 


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