A weather-delayed WeBS count, on a still blustery morning high tide on the Daugleddau, produced lower numbers of waders and wildfowl overall. Many of the birds, including 50+ Shelducks, and probably a couple of hundred Dunlin and a similar number of BH Gulls (observed from near Brickyard) were resting/feeding on the more sheltered shoreline at Sprinkle Pill, although there were in excess of 200-250 teal in the Landshipping area and Annie recorded a pintail in the Garron Pill area which is a slightly unusual species there.
An initial distant view of a male wigeon sporting paler than usual forehead plumage got us wondering for a moment. Probably just an aberrant rather than a hybrid. Overall numbers of wigeon numbers were quite low however.
