A walk at Westfield Pill this morning finally produced the female Mandarin, half way up the pill on the right hand (east) side in front of the reed bed with a group of Mallard. Whilst I agree with Allan that the origin of the bird is uncertain, unless it can be proven to have escaped then the decent sized feral breeding population in the UK gives it adequate cover at least to make it tickable in my opinion. If not, I suggest everyone scrubs it from their County lists! Also here a Kingfisher between the two weirs.
Late afternoon at the Gann the Brent count had increased to 34, and on the beach at low tide at least 7 Mediterranean Gulls pre-roost (6 adults, 1 1stW).
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