Wed 8th Jan 20

A half hour seawatch this morning showed that there were still a lot of Cormorants and R T Diver offshore but not much else, just 2 Shelduck and 2 Brent were noted heading south.
Simon & Pat Cox had some nets up in the Ringing Compound and Feeding Stn. and quite a number of Gt. & Blue Tits were being processed when called in to see them.
On the seawall near the sluice 4 Purple Sandpipers were showing well down to a few feet at times and a Turnstone was on the sluice. 250+ Wigeon were sitting on the sea.

Hand held phone shot

As work continues on the hide I had a look over the marsh from the pillbox and noted : 4 Mute Swans, 75+ Greylag, 8 Canada Geese (2 new adults joined the adult & 5 hybrids),150 Teal, 30 Wigeon, 14 Shoveler, 8 Shelduck, c250 Lapwing, 8 Curlew, 2 Snipe, 1 BlkWit, 1 Lt Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel. 2 Barn Owls were seen late afternoon.