Heliport/Near Naze
Pete managed to read some more colour coded Knot during today's webs survey.
These are a couple of Howard's birds from yesterday.
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| Knot on the sloping heliport wall yesterday |
South shore
I checked On the rising tide this morning (Malcolm). Despite the fresh SW wind there were only two Black-Headed gulls on No.2 outfall (No.1 not checked)
Pale-bellied Brent goose feeding on Red Nab, numbers difficult to count due to a heavy shower, but 47 counted later in webs survey
Wigeon 280 ended up at the saltmarsh.
They arrive here in large numbers as this is the first tide for almost a month to cover this section of the saltmarsh, making the marsh grass seeds available to them. In this clip you can see them feeding on the seeds.Also at the saltmarsh:
Rock Pipit 1
Linnet 15
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| Linnet |
Reed Bunting 6 at least
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| Reed Bunting |
Common Snipe 26
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| All the Snipe eventually flushed by the rising tide and flew towards Middleton Nature Reserve |
Redshank 21
Grey Plover 1
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| Grey Plover top, with Redshank |
Janet checked on the ebbing tide. The Brent geese had returned and were now heading off to the north side in small groups.
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| Pale-bellied Brent geese heading to the north side |
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| The Oystercatchers were restless too |
