Weather: SW force 3/4
An afternoon visit discovered that there were now 11 pale-bellied Brent, and increase on the 9 that arrived yesterday.
Among the 300 or so Black-headed Gulls on the shore was a Mediterranean Gull in adult winter plumage.
A nice sighting were 1,200 Black-tailed Godwits flying from Salisbury bank towards the Wirral shore
Bar-tailed Godwits were also recorded (45 today), also 35 Redshank, 50 Curlew and 20 Ringed Plover.
Twenty Common Scoter and 4 Shelduck were noted and just 9 Little Egrets, also Grey Heron and Kestrel. On the island were a Robin, a Blackbird, 2 Pied Wagtails, a Meadow Pipit and 6 Rock Pipits, this one feeding on the shore.
A Wheatear that is here is the same as that seen for several days around the buildings.
Butterflies are still about in numbers, particularly Clouded Yellow, there were 4 today
also a painted lady, Green-veined White (3),
and a Comma.
Photos SRW
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