A quick trip to the Gann this morning: some nice birds on the rising tide.
On the pools, a solitary Sanderling, Greenshank, 60+ Wigeon, and a female Goldeneye.
On the foreshore 2 Whooper Swans, which flew off to the NE, 15 Light-bellied Brents, another Sanderling, and a ringed Oystercatcher: Orange 52, with a smaller orange ring on the other leg above the metal ring.
Offshore, 4 Great-crested Grebes in a tight group with a female Red-breasted Merganser.
Marloes Mere late afternoon: the drake Pintail and good numbers of the usual dabbling duck. A swimming Water Rail, and a juvenile ringtail Hen Harrier. Later, a different ringtail (far less coloured underside) came along the cliffs, presumably on the way to roost on Skomer.
