Scoter and Skua
Another very windy night resulted in a couple of windblown birds being driven up the estuary, on the morning tide a drake Common Scoter could be seen from the Estuary Tower until the tide dropped and it headed back down. Later in the morning a Great Skua was seen over the estuary and also heading for the Top New Piece, perhaps to bathe and drink.
South Lake
Adult Mediterranean Gull among the 100s of Black-headed and Common Gulls, drake Goldeneye called in, 47 Avocet, 382 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Oystercatcher, 96 Shoveler, 7 Cormorant and flocks of Teal, Shelduck and Lapwing were to be seen. A Little Egret was i the trees this afternoon. Grey Wagtail and two Cranes briefly.
Tack Piece
Really good all day, flocks of Curlew, Wigeon, Teal;, Golden Plover, Dunlin, Shoveler, Ruff, Redshank and Shelduck were joined by the the majority of the Russian White-fronted Geese (up to 70).
Estuary Tower
213 Barnacle Geese were joined by smaller numbers of Canada and Greylag plus the Bar-headed and Snow x Bar-headed Goose hybrid. Two Peregrine were on the Dumbles.
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory
A single Bewick's Swan, 122 Pochard and flocks of Pintail, 2 Great Black-backed Gull and a few Snipe, a Redshank and Lapwing.
