13:00-15:00

Cormorant, c200 stood on sandbanks in the estuary,

Grey Heron, 2,

Little Egret, c10,

Pink Footed Goose, c500,

Teal, c500,

Shoveler, pair,

Buzzard, c6 on the drive in,

Peregrine, 3 perched birds with one eventually taking flight over the estuary,

Merlin, 1 perched female,

Hen Harrier, 1 ring tail quartering the marshes accelerating when it saw a potential meal and having a go at several birds including a snipe,

Knot, c5000 twisting and turning,

Curlew, c200,

Woodcock, 1 over M53 on way back to tunnel,

G.B.B.Gull, 2,

Skylark, c20,

Meadow Pipit, c12,

Raven, group of 3 heading over towards Flint,

Starling, a flock of c400 feeding in rough pasture on the estuary.

Regards,

David Nuttall.