Monday 4 January 2021
Cuckmere Haven
The weather was the winner today! It was raining all day, nothing too heavy but enough to think twice before venturing out. I waited till mid afternoon before deciding to go down to the Cuckmere and look for rare gulls.
- There were non to be seen I'm afraid. The gull roost was down to less than 50 birds and most of them were either Great Black-backed Gulls or Black-headed Gulls.
- There were several Curlews and Little Egrets around.
- In the channels I saw my first Redshanks of the year.
- On the way down, I saw a raft of about 50 close Wigeon on the sea just east of the cottages. There were also at least 5 distant Gannets on the sea.
- I got a pleasant surprise when a Goosander showed in the channel just down from the cottages. Reports had mentioned one being present but I thought it had subsequently departed. Obviously not!
A pleasant, if somewhat wet visit, which provided me with much needed exercise and several sightings to boot!
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