Due to ongoing but now resolved Microsoft problems I will have a catch up
WeBS Count from Sunday October 20th Lades Marsh.
95 Wigeon
117 Curlew
2 FM Eider (Diving for crabs, on surfacing they then shake off the legs and pincers and swallow the crab)
370 Lapwing
5 Mallard
8 Oystercatcher
1 Heron
1 GT Crested Grebe
12 Shelduck
145 Redshank
Glasson Sandbank
147 Greylag
20 Canada
239 Wigeon
153 Curlew
115 Lapwing
Chapel Bank
480 Lapwing
Sunderland Point Sat 26th Oct
10 Turnstone
20 Little Egret
1 Great White Egret
Black Tailed Godwit numbers increasing as Autumn passes with 200 counted, still a long way to go to the usual
2,000 over winter.
