Weather: SE force 2/3 cold but sunny
A below freezing start in the morning with a moonlit approach to the island. The sun soon warmed everything up as the waders prepared for the incoming tide. The Purple Sandpipers prefared the sheltered ledges on the west side, there were 7 with a Turnstone there.
However a small number of the other waders chose niffy bay, particulary Turnstone (82 today) Redshank (70) and Brent.
The usual Oystercatchers, Herring Gulls, some Brents, Curlew and the odd Grey Heron used the south end of the
main island and the Middle island for their roost but over 1,000 Oystercatchers were flushed from the main island by 4 canoeists just before the tide.
It was rewarding and a surprise to catch and ring both a new Song Thrush (2 present) and Rock Pipit (5 present) among the wintering birds.
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