Calm again but heavily overcast and chilly; the nets had a few bits but not as exciting as yesterday with 18 Redpolls caught (12 Common and 6 Lessers) which were probably remnants of yesterday’s arrival rather than new birds along with 2 Chiffchaffs (the first since last month), a Reed Bunting (the first for over three weeks) and a Great-spotted Woodpecker.
Other birds included a total of 44 Whooper Swans, with a few flocks coming and going through the morning, with two family groups noted, increases to 22 Pintail and 6 Tufted Ducks (both the highest counts I’ve had here), 4 Golden Plover and a Ruff with the Lapwings, 146 Dunlin and probably 4 Grey Wagtails.
A walk round the point in the afternoon was quiet but some good counts feeding at the mouth of the bay from Sillhallsvik included 41 Whooper Swans, 363 Mallard, 321 Teal and 26 Red-breasted Mergansers.
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