3rd November 2016

Weather: S 2 vis 30mls, decreasing with rain later.

The Brent geese today numbered 188 pale and 1 dark bellied, counted before the tide. Thirteen Wigeon were noted flying west at the  north end with 6 Great Crested Grebe and 45 Common Scoter on the sea. A Kestrel was around the islands but passerines were sadly lacking with a single Goldcrest and yesterdays Chaffinch briefly joined by a second bird. Only one Skylark was heard flying over but around high tide 2 Whooper swans flew west to east over the centre of the island, coincidentally about the same time in relation to the tide as the 13 birds on 1^st Nov. Sixty Nine Bar-tailed Godwits were counted with 5 Little Egrets and a single Grey Heron, on the way off 2 Grey Plover were calling and 74 Shelduck  flew north up the estuary.