12-Jan-15 (late morning)
2 dark-bellied Brent Geese feeding on the wide grassy-bank of the river mouth, 15+ Grey Plover and large numbers of Dunlin, Knot and Redshank roosting at HW, but no sign of a Spotted Redshank. Also a flock of 51 Avocets along Stockland Reach (far river edge), a Short-eared Owl in the rough grassy field immediately south of the Sluice and a Peregrine sat on the ground far out into the marsh.