Several pairs of eyes helping me with counts around the Teifi on a sunny morning.
The duck highlights were 3 Goldeneye and a Gadwall at the river viewpoint on the Teifi Marsh. Up to 9 Goosander are regularly being seen here. 235 Wigeon were around the estuary.
Waders included 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, 5 Turnstone, 54 Redshank, 52 Oystercatcher, 18 Ringed Plover, 42 Dunlin and 1 Woodcock. Only 1 Snipe which is low for January.
The most impressive site though was hundreds of Lapwing flying around waiting for the sand banks to uncover. Numbers have been increasing over the week with a maximum now of 1050.
9 Little Egrets was a higher count than recently but no Cattle Egret unlike this time last year.
The bay was quiet with no Scoter and just 1 Red-throated Diver flying past.
(Thanks to several observers)
