Weather: SE force 4 backing ESE 5
A fantastic cold dawn rewarded the early start with some colourful light enabling nice photos.
Two Shags were present this morning, following the early exit of about 300 Cormorants out of the estuary at dawn.
The early tide found waders around the islands included 4,000 Oystercatchers, 300 Dunlin and 30 Knot.
The Kestrel was sat around the east side looking on towards the roosting Turnstone and 16 Purple Sandpiper.
Brent numbers seen today were 350 birds.
Other wildfowl this morning were 6 of our Eiders, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, a drake Goosander drifting in after the tide, a Red-throated Diver, 100 Common Scoter and 2 Great Crested Grebes feeding at the north end with some Common Scoters passing by.
A Grey Seal was hauled out on the old lifeboat slip.
Early on a fox was spotted near the pond which still has the early pair of Mallard on it.A look around the gardens and paddocks revealed 6 Wrens, 5 Blackbirds, 1 Song Thrush and 2 Robins.
A further sign of Spring despite the cold wind chill was the first Snowdrops in the Obs garden.
Photos AEH
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