Weather: ESE force 3
A stunning light for Christmas Eve morning that began with 120 Pinkfooted Geese in flight. A single dark-bellied Brent was with the 325 pale-bellied birds recorded.
A pair of Goosander flew between Little and Middle on the incoming tide, 38 Shelduck and 65 Common Scoter were also noted. The regular wintering passerines showed no increase and included 4 Rock Pipits seen today. Good counts of waders on the tide included 10,000 Knot, 3,000 Dunlin, 3,800 Oystercatchers, 222 Grey Plover, 192 Curlew, 75 Redshank, 33 Sanderling, 56 Turnstone, 6 Bar-tailed Godwits and 13 Purple Sandpipers.
The Kestrel was present and a Peregrine flew west, 4 Great Crested Grebes were here but no Little Egrets and only a single Grey Heron.
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