edenwatcher
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Very nice thanks.Fifebirder said:Hope you had good views of the GW Egret on Saturday. It was much better than I expected it to be (i.e. not a distant white blob!).
Shades of winter at the moment - we have 5 pink-footed geese on the saltmarsh! On a more spring-like note there were 5 greenshanks yesterday evening just after high tide. This is the highest number we've ever had in spring, though of course we have many more in autumn (max. 23).
Mergansers are around on a daily basis at the moment. Migrant birds seem more inclined to come upstream as far as us whereas in winter they are more confined to the outer estuary. Soon they will be replaced by goosanders which are non-breeding summer visitors.
Other sighting of note was a roe deer on our side of the estuary in front of the house - previous records have always been on the opposite shore.
Rob