A fine selection of waders on Flat Beach Flood today 35 Grey Plover, 36 Ringed Plover, 48 Knot, 50 Dunlin, 70 Golden Plover, 600 Lapwing, 39 Ruff, 28 Redshank, 15 Snipe and 16 Turnstone. Roosting waders along Shore Ridges at high water included 500 Oystercatcher and 60 Sanderling.
Oystercatchers on Shore Ridges
There are always some small creatures to be seen, even in winter, and yesterday, whilst on my knees looking at fungi in Cock Wood, Peasmarsh, I spotted this spider on the leaf litter. I was immediately struck by the colouring and how well it merged into the colouring of the dead leaves. Chris Bentley identified it as Agroeca (Liocranidae), probably A. brunnea.
