A sunnier, dry day, but the NW winds keep blowing. The Barnacle Goose "trickle" has dried up - no birds at all today. I wandered down to the N. Hide this afternoon and it was a case of "same old - same old" . But the sun was shining and I reflected that I could be 10 storeys up in a city tower-block somewhere. Here I was watching a wonderfully close adult White-tailed Eagle pass by. Then an immature Golden Eagle wandered through, followed by another hunting. A female Hen Harrier and a couple of Buzzards spooked the "same old" 50 Teal and a Peregrine zoomed by. Meanwhile 6 Whooper Swans were catching up on their sleep on the flats after presumably flying all the way from Iceland. Closer to hand in front of the hide a steady stream of Meadow Pipits passed overhead and a trio of Black-tailed Godwits fed with half a dozen Curlew and 5 Roe Deer and several Brown Hares: not such a bad day on reflection!
Added to that Mark reports 2 more WTE, single Grey Wagtail and Whimbrel and 38 Golden Plover.
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