WeBS

Nothing exciting on the estuary this morning but some reasonable numbers and variety. Totals included 113 Oystercatchers, 45 Curlew, eight Greenshanks, six Whimbrels, five Common Sandpipers, 29 Little Egrets, four Grey Herons, two juvenile Water Rails, six Cormorants, 10 Sandwich Terns, 465 Black-headed Gulls, only one Mediterranean Gull, 140 Canada Geese, 63 Mute Swans, 20 Mallards and a Mandarin. Zero Shelducks was also noteworthy, perhaps indicating a lack of breeding success this year.

Sandwich Terns

Passage House

In drizzly conditions this morning at least two Mediterranean Gulls, four Black-tailed Godwits, four Common Sandpipers and three Dunlin from the Passage House car park. Also two juvenile Black-headed Gulls among a hundred or so adults.

Mediterranean Gull (centre)