December 10th. Partly cloudy, with fresh south-westerly wind.
On the a sea watch, going South were 13 Pintail, 5 Guillemot, 13 Auk sp, 3 Red-throated Diver and 1 Great Northern Diver (North) along with an Eider on the sea. On the beach were 28 Turnstone and 173 Cormorant. Greenshanks Creek held 160 Wigeon whilst 260 Brent Geese were on the New Saltmarsh. In the evening 1500 Pink-footed Geese flew into the Wash.
Tennyson's Sands held 114 Shoveler, 42 Gadwall, 1 Pintail, 508 Teal and 1 Cetti's Warbler (Near to North Hide). On Croft Marsh there were 2500 Lapwing and 2500 Golden plover and at Dusk, a male Goosander was a big surprise on Tennyson's Sands. A Water Pipit was on Jackson's Marsh and the Mere held 13 Tufted Duck. Around the reserve were 2 Woodcock, a Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard and 22 Corn Buntings were in the sycamore tree by the Hump.
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Pintail, 10th December 2025
Photo - Nigel Lound |
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Gadwall, 10th December 2025
Photo - Paul Neale |
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Marsh Harrier No1, 10th December 2025
Photo - Paul Neale |
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Marsh Harrier No2, 10th December 2025
Photo - Paul Neale |
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Wren, 10th December 2025
Photo - Paul Neale |
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Corn Buntings by the Hump, 10th December 2025
Photo - Rob Watson |
December 9th. Cloudy, with heavy rain spells and a strong southerly wind as the eastern edge of Storm Bram goes through the county.
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Brent Geese over Tennyson's Sands which is finally filling up again with all the wet weather.
8th December 2025, Photo - David Nutt |
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Little Grebe, 8th December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
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A horse riding Magpie! 8th December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
December 8th. Cloudy, with fresh south-westerly wind.
A morning sea watch resulted in 104 Pink-footed Geese and 22 Shelduck (South over the sea), 51 Eider, 1 Velvet Scoter, 14 Common Scoter, 8 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Great Crested Grebes and 2 Red-throated Divers (North). Waders over the high tide included 2000 Oystercatcher, 2000 Grey Plover, 60 Curlew, 400 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5000 Knot, 150 Sanderling and 2500 Dunlin. On the beach were 17 Turnstone, 187 Cormorant, 280 Herring Gulls and 14 Great Black-backed Gulls. Greenshanks Creek held 110 Wigeon.
On Tennyson's Sands were 74 Shoveler, 500 Teal and 3 Black-tailed Godwits. The Mere held 2 Gadwall and 9 Tufted Duck. On Croft Marsh were 1200 Golden Plover, 2200 Lapwing and a Buzzard.
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Lapwings over Croft Marsh, 8th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Lapwings and Golden Plovers (At the top) over Croft Marsh, 8th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Male Shovelers, 8th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Male Tufted Duck, 8th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
December 7th. Mostly cloudy, with fresh southerly to south-easterly wind, and rain developing in afternoon.
The monthly WeBS count involved an impressive roost of just under
30,000 waders with over 1000 waterfowl. Offshore was busy too with
2 Great Northern Divers, a
Slavonian Grebe, 14 Red-breasted Merganser, 90 Common Scoter and
435 Eider. Small numbers of Siskin, Chaffinch, Rock Pipit and Skylark were moving south.
The Mere held 6 Tufted Duck and 11 Gadwall. A Cetti's Warbler sang briefly near North Hide on Tennyson's Sands where there were also 71 Shoveler and 664 Teal. Ten Gadwall were on Jackson's Marsh whilst on Croft Marsh there were 1200 Lapwing and 30 Golden plover. Around the Plantation were 22 Siskins and another 14 went south. 200 Wigeon were on Field 10.
Other birds around included 2 Marsh Harrier, a Hen Harrier, 2 Merlin, Peregrine, a Snow Bunting and a Pale-bellied Brent Goose with the Brent flock
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Siskins in the Plantation, 7th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Male Siskin, 7th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Siskin, 7th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Goldcrest, 7th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts
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December 6th. Partly cloudy, with occasional rain and fresh south-westerly wind.
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Teal, 5th December 2025
Photo - Paul Neale |
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Gadwall, 5th December 2025
Photo - Paul Neale |
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Shoveler, 5th December 2025
Photo - Paul Neale |
December 5th. A cold start to the day with clear skies, becoming cloudier, with increasing south-easterly breeze.
An hour's sea-watch early morning was productive with 92 Common Scoter, 95 Eider, 5 Whooper Swan, Goldeneye and a few parties of Wigeon. A Long-tailed Duck was loosely associating with a small raft of Eider. Along the beach 600 Sanderling and 57 Turnstone were feeding with other waders and gulls including a single Caspian Gull.
At the Weather Station were 2 Stonechats. A Cetti's Warbler was along the roadside. Also around were a Barn Owl, a Merlin, a Hen Harrier, a Marsh Harrier, a Red Kite and a Chiffchaff. 2000 Golden Plover came off local fields and moved to the Haven, 670 Teal were on Tennyson's Sands, and a Woodcock was around.
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Barn Owl, 5th December 2025
Photo - Paul Neale |
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Barn Owl, 5th December 2025
Photo - Paul Neale |
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Marsh Harrier, 5th December 2025
Photo - Paul Neale |
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Marsh Harrier, 5th December 2025
Photo - Paul Neale |
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Marsh Harrier over Jackson's Marsh, 4th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Marsh Harrier over Jackson's Marsh, 4th December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
December 4th. Mostly cloudy, with fresh south-easterly wind and afternoon rain.
A Long-tailed Duck was offshore. A Chiffchaff remained at Sykes Farm with a Water Pipit and a Mediterranean Gull over there. A Woodcock was flushed from under the roadside hedge.
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Turnstones and Oystercatchers on the beach, 2nd December 20225
Photo - David Nutt |
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Sanderling on the beach, 2nd December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
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Curlews, 2nd December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
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Cormorant, 2nd December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
December 3rd. Cloudy, with light southerly wind.
Records largely limited to what was seen from Sykes Farm: a Water Pipit, 350 Brent Geese and 200 Lapwing flew over.
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Brent Geese on Jackson's Marsh, 2nd December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Turnstone over the tidal wrack on the beach, 2nd December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
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Linnet, 2nd December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
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Blackbird, Redwing and a Blue Tit, all enjoying a bath! 2nd December 2025
Photo - David Nutt |
December 2nd. Mostly clear, then clouding over, with moderate mostly southerly wind.
Another late pulse of visible migration involved the following heading south over the East Dunes in an hour prior to 0900: 110 Siskin, 66 Linnet, 41 Chaffinch, 44 Skylark, 23 Rock Pipit and 3 Greenfinch. 2 Snow Buntings flew north up the beach.
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Goldcrest (With a ring on), 2nd December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Chiffchaff, 2nd December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
December 1st. Cloudy, with morning rain and fresh south-westerly wind.
Few reports today, but 5 Goldcrests and a Chiffchaff have made it through the bad weather period as well as managing to avoid the 2 Sparrowhawk that were seen.
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Redwing, 2nd December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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Pied Wagtail, 2nd December 2025
Photo - Mike Watts |
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