25th November - 4th December
A rather quiet period of just under 10 days has meant there's not really a lot to shout about at the moment but we have had a few interesting bits to keep curiosity going and observers in the field.
A Sparrowhawk was seen briefly over Milldam on the 25th while the first wintering Shelduck returned to Gretchen on the 28th, a small increase in wildfowl numbers saw the Pintail count rise to 23 with most of the birds being on Bewan and Gretchen. A short sea-watch on the 1st of December produced a Little Auk and a Puffin. Other highlights have included the Green-winged Teal, up to 3 Hen Harriers, 2 Merlins, Short-eared Owl was seen on the 28th and there's decent numbers of Woodcock still hanging around. Other remainders of the Autumn are still lingering too; small groups of Redwing and Fieldfare are still present in hidden corners of fields while small numbers of Robins are still feeding around the Obs, Holland and Ancum Willows. The ever present flock of Twite in the obs crop has stayed at a pretty steady 40-50 birds, they've been joined by a number of Chaffinch over the last few days with up to 6 birds joining the flock. A Grey Plover that has also been present on Nouster beach for much of November has been seen most days.
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