5th December 2025

 Weather: SE force 4/5    ESE 5 later

 A beautiful sky dawned before the cloud and rain arrived in the afternoon.

 A Pied Wagtail seemed to be the sole small migrant today in additon to the regulars here at this time ( 2 Wrens, 3 Blackbirds, 2 Robins, 1 Song Thrush). It was a big tide mid-morning and wader counts were completed while they were roosting. Eleven thousand 500 Oystercatchers of course was the largest number,

 

Others recorded were  225 Turnstone, 176 Curlew, 164 Redshank, 32 Dunlin, 12 Ringed Plover, 8 Knot, 6 Purple Sandpiper, 4 Grey Plover and 4 Bar-tailed Godwit. There were just 120 Brent seen and 165 Shelduck, 450 Cormorant, 245 Common Scoter, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Grey Herons and 2 Little Egrets. Gull numbers noted were 6 Greater Black-backs and 450 Herring Gulls.

 Photos SRW