Bramblings & Brents

Highlight of WeBS count at Hook/Sprinkle this morning: drake Pintail, 2+ Brambling with mixed finch flock in stubble fields adjacent to Sprinkle Pill, Snow Goose in with 235 Canadas, 4 Greenshank.

A fruitless search across the Gann saltings for Jack Snipe preceeded 23 light-bellied Brents at the Gann (including ringed bird KLWR - K right leg L Left leg, White right ring, Red left ring), 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 5 Great-crested Grebes, 1 Greenshank, 10+ Redshank, 7 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Wigeon & around 30 Teal. Most surprising was a Great Northern Diver on the river above the wooden bridge.

In the gull roost 9 Med Gulls (1 1stW & 8 ads) but little else (around 400 gulls in total). Even better was the offer of a cup of tea from the owners of Townshend Cottage, which was a surprise!!