A rough few days with the
wind switching back into the SW and picking up to gale force 8 for most of
time, bringing heavy, stinging, driving rain for much of the time; coverage was
understandably reduced (back down to one observer with little motivation to get
out in the field!); wildfowl totals on the 30th included 4 Whooper
Swans (three adults and a juvenile), 10 Gadwall, 4 Pintail, 16 Shoveler, 16
Tufted Duck, 4 Goldeneye and 5 Red-breasted Mergansers while the rough weather
brought an influx of 550+ Herring Gulls and 270+ Great Black-backed Gull. One of the lingering Kestrels was still
present on the 28th and two Hen Harriers were still floating around
on the 30th – one of which caught a Moorhen opposite the Post
Office.
Turnstone
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Teal
Redshank
Common Gull
Herring Gull
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