With the tide way out in the Wash, I stuck to the lagoon and the salt marsh from the little wooden observation 'hut'.
Good numbers of Goldeneye on the lagoon - more female than male. Little Grebes numbered 7 on the lagoon.
Also:
Tufted Duck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Teal Shelduck - on lagoon and shoreline Brent Goose (shoreline) Greylag Goose (lagoon islands, preening and sleeping Mute Swan - 4 on lagoon Coot Moorhen
Curlew - 1 on lagoon islands, a further 4 out on shoreline mud Oystercatcher - 2 on lagoon islands, several small groups on shoreline Redshank - circa 6 on lagoon islands, several more on saltmarsh Lapwing - the most numerous wader. About 500 on lagoon islands Black-tailed Godwit - 1 on mud near shoreline
Others:
Meadow Pipit - 1 perched on shrub on lagoon fringe. Robin - 2 in long hedgerow between lagoon and path leading to the Wash Wren - 1 in same hedgerow Great Tit - heard near Living Classrooms ALREADY doing the 'teacher-teacher' call! Blackbird - 1 in hedgerow Blue Tit - 2 in vegetation across the path from the Living Classroom.
No raptors seen - short visit of only 85 minutes.
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