From Ian Smith - PARROG
PARROG mud flats15:10-16:45
IRON BRIDGE 16:50 -17:20
Incoming tide during 2hrs 10mins observation
Birds feeding on mud flats nearer Boat Club: -
Knot 3
Dunlin 27
Sanderling 7
Ringed Plover 57
Oystercatcher 18
Barwits 6 mostly roosting
Curlew 40 mainly feeding on hillside
Swallow flock of 22 made one forage effort
Rough counts of Gulls roosting included: -
160 Herring; B-headed increasing 20 to 50; LB-b increase from 4 to 6; GB-b increasing from 10 to 40
Birds mainly seen towards Bridge: -
Greenshank 2
Little Grebe 3 min
Common Sandpiper 4
Blackwits 14 near Bridge soon flew off south ish
Wigeon 4min
Mallard 50 min but moving around a lot
Canada Goose 554 on attempted accurate count
Greylag 1
Little Egret 2 feeding near Parrog with 3 seen later, in tree upstream of Bridge