Pett Level
24th December 2009, Thursday
A big flock of Wigeon has been present for several days, grazing out on the pasture. They were west of the Pools this morning, when I counted 500. Gadwall are feeding close to the road again. Many hundreds of Lapwings are scattered across the marsh, rising periodically in alarm as raptors pass - this morning a Peregrine and 2 Marsh Harriers. A single Raven was in attendance and out on the sea a few GC Grebe silhouettes bobbed among the Farrow & Ball waves; I counted 70 the other day when it was calmer.