A Curlew Sandpiper was a surprise find when searching the Dunlin flocks for ringed birds, only the second winter record for the Warren after one on 1st January 1987. Also in the estuary 169 Common Gull, 92 Knot, 16 Lesser Black-backed Gull and single Avocet, Greenshank, Peregrine and the 4CY Yellow-legged Gull.
Curlew Sandpiper & Dunlin - Lee Collins
Elsewhere 73 Dark-bellied Brent Geese were feeding in the Golf Course with a separate flock of c100 that flew high east from estuary late afternoon, 18 Common Scoter, two Great Northern Diver and a Fulmar were offshore, 45 Linnet and a Snipe were on Warren Point and the Cetti's Warbler was by the Car Park.
Year List addition:
109. Curlew Sandpiper
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