Wednesday 5th October

A bit wet day today which should keep the water levels on Floods up and ducks happy... Just a quick scan of the Floods and saltmarsh and hardly any greylags or barnies to be seen but 273 brent geese and a male peregrine seen feeding. On the Floods a flock of 180 teal, one black-tailed godwit, one female pintail, 8 ruffs and at least one pectoral sandpiper is still present. In the woodland on the reserve a bullfinch and redpoll was heard. Later in the evening James counted 512 brent geese and about 500 barnacle geese. The goose invasion has begun!