Another cold and clear day but a stiff breeze prevented the lagoon from freezing.
Two Dunlin landed briefly at 14:00 but took off again almost immediately and more unusual a Green Sandpiper did they same at 15:20 flying off west.
Green Sandpiper
Not many gulls today, just 250 Lesser Black-backed Gulls came in to the roost, although birds were still arriving as we left a dusk. With them were two adult Herring Gulls and the regular adult Yellow-legged Gull. Another immature gulls may have been the darker backed continental form of Herring Gull argentatus but the light was too poor to be certain.
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| Herring Gull - adult |
The Pochard has departed but the last Pintail was still present.
The Starlings started to arrive at about 15:45 and continued until dusk. Again the birds came in low and, although the flew around quite a bit just above the reeds there was no real murmuration. It was difficult to estimate the numbers but we think 40,000 to 60.000, so a lot of birds.
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