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Black-throated Diver on the estuary between Flow Point and Coombe Cellars was a surprise during this morning's WeBS count. Foraging constantly, it was mobile under the water and only surfaced for a matter of seconds between dives but the glass-like surface allowed for good views. It's over a month since Kev saw one off Shaldon so this was quite possibly a different bird.
Elsewhere five
Avocets at Passage House were the first of the year and there was a welcome increase in
Red-breasted Mergansers to 29. Other totals included 38
Shelducks, 353
Oystercatchers, 91
Curlew, 50+
Redshanks, 42
Dunlin, 14+
Turnstones, eight
Ringed Plovers, four
Common Sandpipers, two
Greenshanks and a
Kingfisher.
Mute Swans, Passage House
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