NWT Holme Dunes
Most of morning spent completing our monthly WeBs count. Some migration noted with a superb drake goosander flying high south-west over Holme Marsh along with two small groups of starlings totalling 55 west. On the sea four wigeon flew west and another came in off, a lone gannet flew west.
The WeBs produced little in the way of large counts other than 66 gadwall, 900 teal and 4200 common scoter. Three shorelark remained on Thornham Beach with 27 twite, three of which were colour-ringed and later read in the field by Robert Smith by photographing them. This was some feat as the wind was almost gale force as they fed deep in saltmarsh vegetation at Thornham Harbour...photos here
Earlier on the pools of 97 brent geese present only one was a first-year bird, clearly a very poor breeding season! Other highlights today included 1000+ pink-feet feeding on the grazing marshes, two velvet scoters and a ringtail hen harrier.
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