Weather: SE force 5
Following on from the first snowdrops, the first flowering narcissi showed this morning.
It is still very much winter among the birds however, with 200 Brent Geese, 325 Common Scoter, 2 Razorbills, a Red-throated Diver and 14 Great Crested Grebes. Around the island were 5 Goosanders.
and a single Red-breasted Merganser.
A calling Snow Bunting unfortunately was passing the island too quickly to be pictured and was the sole small bird 'movement' today. The small number of wintering birds on the island included 5 Rock Pipits and 2 Song Thrush. Seventeen Purple Sandpipers were the highlight of the wader counts,
...........although there were 500 Dunlin and 1,200 Knot.
also noted were 115 Turnstone, 85 Redshank and a single Ringed Plover. Oystercatchers are just about at their peak now, a magnificant 12,000 estimate today.
Photos SRW
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