WeBS, Knot, Green Sand

Due to the height of the tide most waders roosted in the vicinity of Flow Point on Saturday morning, including the first patch Knot for a couple of years and a brief but vocal Green Sandpiper. Unusually high numbers of Shag were in the estuary, with at least 28 between Ringmore and Passage House, and 62 Mallards was also a big count. Other totals from the estuary included 326 Oystercatchers, 55 Curlew, 30 Turnstones, 12 Greenshanks, eight Ringed Plovers, seven Dunlin, three Kingfishers, 20 Mute Swans, four Teal, 39 Little Egrets and singles of Redshank, Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper and Great Crested Grebe. A Great White Egret was reported separately from Red Rock.

Shags