Plenty of birds on a rising tide late yesterday afternoon and getting crammed together on the muddy bank of Hook Bight - about 50 Redshank, 6+ Greenshank, 4+ Dunlin, 30 Curlew, 250 Black-headed Gulls, 90 Canada Geese, 2 Stock Doves, 2 Little Egrets, plus a single Common Sandpiper and small numbers of other common residents. By contrast, the woods appeared almost deserted. There was one tiny rufous wader with the Dunlin, which I thought was a Little Stint, but too far away to be sure.
Elsewhere and earlier around the Cleddau were: Landshipping Quay - 30 Curlew, 8 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, single Common Sandpiper and a few gulls. Cleddau Reach - only one Curlew and a few gulls. Carew Tidal Mill - not a single wader, but there was one Mediterranean Gull amongst the Black-Headed Gulls - perhaps the regular winter visitor?
