Sunday, 25 January 2026

Sunday 25th January

A brief Slavonian Grebe in the Bight was the highlight over high tide with over 500 Black-tailed Godwit roosting on Finger Point. Also in the estuary another 200 Black-tailed Godwit in the saltmarsh with 70+ Snipe, 24 Avocet, the second highest site count after 38 on 31 Oct 1998; six Greenshank, four Great Crested Grebe, a Great Northern Diver and a Razorbill.

Slavonian Grebe - Lee Collins

Elsewhere two adult Little Gull were distantly offshore with five Great Northern and a Red-throated Diver, five Common Scoter and an adult Mediterranean Gull with an impressive gathering of 950+ Herring Gull feeding on the strandline at low tide. 

Year List addition:
100. Slavonian Grebe

Other Wildlife: Two Field Vole were found sheltering under a displaced bit of hide roof!

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