We spent a beautiful winter's morning ringing near Chamber's Wall where we saw 98 Fieldfares, 2 Kestrels, 40 Corn Buntings, 7 Tree Sparrows, 55 Redwings, 6 Lapwings S, 2 Yellowhammers, 35 Cormorants S, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 65 Carrion Crows, 18 Chaffinches and 80 Dark-bellied Brent Geese.
Birds ringed 22: Wren 1, Blue Tit 2, Reed Bunting 6, Dunnock 4, Song Thrush 2, Blackbird 7.
On a wonderful sunny and relatively mild winter afternoon we walked at Minnis Bay and counted 250 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 135 Dunlin, 79 Grey Plovers, 2 Mallard, 4 Red-throated Divers, 5 Ringed Plovers, 179 Oystercatchers, 82 Sanderling, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 49 Turnstone, 26 Redshank and 1 Curlew.
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| Dark-bellied Brent Goose |
On the way home we visited Marshside just as dusk was drawing in and found the Cattle Egret in its usual field.
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