Two 2CY Little Gull were feeding offshore mid afternoon with 34 Great Crested Grebe, seven Common Scoter, five Great Northern and four Red-throated Diver.
Continuing signs of spring passage with 310 Black-headed, 85 Common, 16 Lesser Black-backed and two adult Mediterranean Gull, with 25 Shelduck, 23 Teal, 12 Greenshank, three Red-breasted Merganser, two Avocet, two Wigeon and a hunting Peregrine also in the estuary.
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| Oystercatcher - Jim Summers |
Elsewhere the Cetti's Warbler was around the Buffer Zone and car park, 12 Siskin, four Chiffchaff and two Goldcrest were in the bushes and, on the Main Pond single Cormorant, Little Grebe, Shoveler and Water Rail.
Year List addition:
108. Feral Pigeon
Other Wildlife: A dry day but the drop in temperature limited insect activity with most finds sheltering under logs or driftwood, including the coastal specialist ground beetle Calathus cinctus and the darkling beetle Nalassus laevioctostriatus.
Calathus cinctus - Alan Keatley 
Nalassus laevioctostriatus - Alan Keatley
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