Another dull grey morning, this time with a cold easterly wind, but fortunately plenty of birds on the estuary including a few bits of quality. It was nice to catch up with the female Goosander which has been present in the Passage House area since late January, often showing just alongside the car park. The Spotted Redshank was on Flow Point at high tide, alongside a good count of 18 Teal. Other totals included 246 Oystercatchers, 67 Curlew (the best count this winter), 21 Turnstones, c.30 Redshanks, six Greenshanks, six Ringed Plovers, five Avocets, two Common Sandpipers, one Dunlin, 36 Shelducks, 25 Red-breasted Mergansers, 24 Mallards, seven Little Grebes, five Canada Geese, four Mute Swans, six Little Egrets, five Shags, four Cormorants and one Great Crested Grebe. Not a great number of gulls but eight Common Gulls, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls and a Mediterranean Gull provided some interest.
Elsewhere today 28 Mute Swans, 70 Canada Geese and the Bar-headed Goose were at Teigngrace, and six Fieldfares and two Lapwings were on the racecourse. A Black Redstart has been present in the Morrisons/Broadmeadow area of Teignmouth over the past week.
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| Goosander |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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