Thursday 26 September 2024

Kilpaison, Angle Harbour

3 pale bellied Brent Geese on the shore, all adults, two with coloured leg rings. Unfortunately they were paddling about in the incoming tide and eventually drifted offshore, so I could not get a clear view of letters. I think one was left black right orange, the other left green right yellow, though I may even have got that wrong. Hopefully they'll stay around and it should be possible to read the rings on the falling tide when they're feeding. Small raft of wigeon, lots of mute swans, but I didn't bother counting as Paul will have done that the other day. All very quiet at the harbour end, several little egrets feeding and one great crested grebe offshore.