Weather: SE 3-4 Temperature 0 vis 20 mls
There was a bitter wind chill this morning and the
visibility decreased to 5 miles when the snow started, more of a day for
sitting in front of the fire with a cup of tea than being out counting birds !
Nevertheless, a good count of 230 Brent Geese was made,
most in the lagoon as the tide ebbed. Shelduck around Little Eye numbered 30
and a female Red-breasted Merganser flew east passed the North End. Nine Great
Crested Grebe were on the sea and 3 Harbour Porpoise were again seen in the
mouth of the swash.
With the small tide today the 4 Purple Sandpiper present
were roosting in the tide gauge channel.
The Purples were briefly alarmed when a Peregrine sped by the
North End and up the west side.
Two Rock Pipit and a Blackbird were present and 2 Song
Thrush were re-trapped, one of which was ringed last January so is a returning
winter resident.
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