Weather: E 0/1
increasing to 2 later, vis 5mls, mist.
On the walk
over in the dark, 48 Redwing were counted by call although no thrushes were
found on the islands. A single Red-throated Diver was on a very calm sea with 7 Great Crested Grebes and about 2,000 Common Scoter .
Over the
tide 2,500 Oystercatcher roosted on middle and after the tide there were 80 Redshank, 54 Bar-tailed Godwits, 124 Turnstone and 2 Grey Plover feeding at the
bottom of the gutter. Twenty one Curlew were also noted.
The only
passerine movement seen was a single Pied Wagtail going East over the north
end, a Kestrel was viewed briefly over the south end and there were 7 Wrens, 3 Robin, 2 Rock Pipit and 3 Meadow Pipits on the island.
The flat
calm was ideal for spotting 2 Harbour Porpoise in the swash, they were observed
for 5 mins circling around in the same area (probably feeding) before heading
out to sea.
A count of
19 Grey seals on the haul out was very low and possibly due to the cold east
wind.
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