Tues 13th Oct 20

Quite a few Thrushes still on site this morning mainly Blackbirds, with a few Song Thrush and Redwing, also a lot of Chaffinch and Goldfinch around the Dell and Badger Sett area, just one Chiffchaff this morning but conditions not great.

Suffolk Herring Gulls day out today, with  "CYU" "VUH" & "WLA" (all ringed by Mike Marsh in Suffolk) all on the sluice together, along with Y:956 ringed by Mike Jackson near York on 4th Nov 16. (see Colour Ring Obs. page).

From the hide

6 Mute Swans (3+3 signets), 74 Greylag, 1 Canada Goose (+7 hybrid goslings), 118 Teal, 10 Wigeon, 3 Shelduck, 6 Cormorants, 1 Grey Heron, c120 Lapwing (50 scrape, 70 on arable), 3+ Com. Snipe, 54 B H Gulls, 23 Herring Gulls, 3 LBB, 2 GBB, 1 Water Rail (heard only), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel.