A seawatch from 08:45 to 11:30 in a force 4 to 5 SE produced lots of duck movement, all south:- 21 Brent Geese 6 Shelduck 5 Gadwall 6 Pintail 3 Shoveler 117 Wigeon c710 Teal 4 Pochard 7 Tufted Duck 5 drake Eider 6 Common Scoter 4 Goldeneye 16 Red-breasted Merganser, all females or 1st winters 2 Cormorants 1 Peregrine, seen twice over the sea harrying gulls & waders 1 Oystercatcher 2 Ringed Plovers 2 Grey Plovers 3 Lapwings in off c30 Knot c25 Sanderling c40 Dunlin 1 Redshank 12 Bar-tailed Godwits 1 Woodcock in off 3 Snipe in off 3 Guillemots 1 Short-eared Owl in off c30 Skylarks in off c50 Starlings in off
With Rick Bennett, Rob Carr & Phil Espin.
_________________ Regards,
Andy.
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