Red Nab (Malcolm)
Just a quick look at high water.
Pale-bellied Brent goose 18
Shelduck 2
Wigeon 150
Waders included: Oystercatcher, Curlew, Redshank and Turnstone.
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One each, Brent goose, Shelduck and Oystercatcher, plus two Wigeon |
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Wigeon and Oystercatcher |
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Cormorant and Oystercatcher |
Pale-bellied Brent goose 11 (almost certainly some of this morning's birds)
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Brent geese flying north along the western edge of the skear in the fading evening light |
Eider 125
Red-breasted Merganser 1 male
Great Crested Grebe 3
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Great Crested Grebes |
Oystercatcher 2,000
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The Oystercatcher with the leucitic head was around today. It's probably always around, but I don't always see it. |
Curlew 25
Bar-Tailed Godwit 5
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Bar-Tailed Godwit |
Redshank 200
Dunlin 35
Turnstone 25
Ringed Plover 8
Knot 1,250 - there were a few small feeding groups inshore and more around the skear edges. I estimated 350 total then flocks of 400 and 500 appeared and settled along the western edge of the skear.
A fresh west wind like this evening's muddies the shallow margins, allowing small shrimps to feed close in, and in turn many of the Knot were feeding on the shrimps.
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Although the shrimps are still small, they are getting larger. This Knot has one. |
The bulk of the Knot were along the western edge and the light was fading quickly, a few coded birds were seen, but probably no new ones for this winter.