Weather: Flat calm at dawn with good visibility, North 2 by lunch
time.
The first Purple Sandpiper of autumn turned up after high
tide.
There were 20 Ringed Plover and 18 Grey Plover, 100
Sanderling and 15 Bar-tailed Godwit but only 1 Knot noted. Two Little Egret were present and 4 Grey Heron also about
the islands.
Brent Geese numbered 240 and Shelduck 140, 6 Pintail
were noted.
On the sea a good count was had of 30 Red-throated Diver,
also 80 Common Scoter and 30 Great Crested Grebe.
On the islands there had been an influx of Wrens with at
least 15 present, along with 3 Goldcrest, 4 Song Thrush and a Blackbird.
A Kestrel caused alarm amongst the Meadow Pipits and Linnets, 8 Skylark
flew over the island along with 2 each of Chaffinch and Goldfinch.
A Dunnock and 7 Robin were also noted.
Two Foxes were present in Telegraph House east garden, not
good news for next year’s breeding birds.
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