It was always going to be hard to follow on from Graham Rees' wonderful sighting yesterday afternoon. And I didn't: no otter, but slightly more birds in evidence.
On the sea two red-head Mergansers and a pretty good build-up of gulls for the roost. I counted 300 Lesser Black-Backs and a similar number of mixed Herring, Black-headed and Commons.
On the pools: 5+ Goldeneye, c.10 Dabchicks, 17 Brents (including the colour-ringed individual), good numbers of Teal and 5 Wigeon. Waders included 2 Curlew, 3 Redshank, 1 Grey Plover, at least 5 Snipe and a Little Egret, and about 50 Oystercatchers in a tight roost on the far side of the Bay.
