Low Water Count

Thursday 20th December 2012

The weather today was dreadful, certainly not the best conditions in which to count wading birds.  By the end of the count, three hours later, I was soaked.  My section to count was between Cliff Quay and Bridge Wood.  I counted just over 3,000 Knot, the highest count so far this winter and there were over 1,000 Dunlin, which is also a good count these days.   However, Black-tailed Godwit and wildfowl were absent.  The Peregrine was on his usual perch high up on the bridge and there was a Sparrowhawk at Pipers Vale.