Spectacular numbers of wigeon, golden plovers and wildfowl....
Counts just estimates from three hour walk-around
Mute Swan 6
Whooper Swan 22 (College Farm, as viewed from cross bank)
Pink-footed Goose 300 (one with ORANGE legs.... per JB)
Greylag Goose 4
Canada Goose 140
Barnacle Goose 3
Brent Goose c450
Shelduck 5
Wigeon c3000
Gadwall 5
Teal 50
Pintail 25
Shoveler 5
Pochard 28
Tufted Duck 5
Scaup 1 (1st winter male)
Goldeneye 1
Pheasant 2
Cormorant 1
Little Egret 6
Grey Heron 1
Little Grebe 2
Moorhen 10
Coot 3
Avocet 1 (resident?)
Golden Plover 3000 +
Lapwing 700
Ringed Plover 27
Curlew 30
Black-tailed Godwit 5
Ruff 22
Dunlin 4
Spotted Redshank 2
Redshank 5
Black-headed Gull 30
Common Gull 1
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Short-eared Owl 1 (perched up on white post and then hunting over saltmarsh)
Kestrel 1
Merlin 2 (at least two birds - very active, showing very well)
Peregrine 2 (hunting on the saltmarsh)
Magpie 4
Carrion Crow 2
Great Tit 1
Skylark 1
Wren 1
Starling 50
Blackbird 1
Fieldfare 27
Mistle Thrush 2
Robin 1
Meadow Pipit 1
Water Pipit 1 (Marsh Farm reservoir bankside)
Chaffinch 2
Greenfinch 1
Linnet 30
Goldfinch 2
Reed Bunting 1
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