A break in the weather this morning allowed for a thorough count of the estuary between Passage House and Salcombe Dip, though there was nothing unusual of note. Totals included 232
Oystercatchers, 81
Curlew, 30+
Redshanks, six
Ringed Plovers, three
Greenshanks, two
Common Sandpipers, 54
Shelducks (including 50 together on Flow Point), 27+
Red-breasted Mergansers, nine
Mute Swans, two
Little Grebes, 14
Cormorants, six
Little Egrets and singles of
Grey Heron and
Kingfisher.
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