Sunday 16th February ‘08

Thought i would make the effort to get out and so spent the last hour before dusk on the estuary. Nice to see good numbers of Golden Plover and Lapwing. Two Greenshank were a welcome sight at the north end but i was suprised not to see any Med Gulls with the 200+ Black headed Gulls. There were lots of Lesser-black backed Gulls of varying ages out on the sands so i spent some time comparing them with the numerous Herring Gulls. Common Gulls were also present in small numbers. Waders were represented by 300+ Dunlin, 18 Ringed Plover, 30+ Redshank and numerous Oystercatcher and Curlew. I could’t see the resident Avocet, but he had been reported on Carnsew Pool earlier in the day. With the temperature plumetting fast i decided to head home for a brew!