Yet another decent weekend despite some dull foggy weather. On Saturday we opted for an afternoon shift whilst on Sunday we just waited for fog to lift.
The best birds on Sunday where when Squire picked out a Pink-footed Goose and it was as we were watching them that we saw the White-fronts we'd previously seen last weekend.
Francis Peplow found a Cattle Egret roosting on the main pit on Monday morning (no sign since) when he called in hoping to see the geese. This is a first record of the site (201st species excluding sub-species). With very few cattle fields around us we are wondering where it has flown too. This takes us to 142 species for the year.
Best counts of the weekend was as follows:-8 Pochard, 14 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 15, Shoveler, 3 Wigeon, female Goosander, Pink-footed Goose, 8 Russian White-fronted Geese, 2 Common Gull, 1200 Black-headed Gull, 800 large gulls including 1W YLG, LBBG & Herring, 80 Linnet, 400 Starling, 300 Fieldfare, 100 Redwing, 2 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 20 Skylark, 30 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail and 2 Pied Wagtail.
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