Sidings: a flock of 20 mistle thrush, 3 chiffchaffs in a tit flock. Morfa tip: 1 white wagtail and 2 pied wagtails.

Another day, another wagtail 😉

Rivermarsh: 2 gadwall, 1 wigeon, 28 teal, 59 mallard, 10 mute swans, 2 little grebes, 2 snipe, 5 lapwings, 3 kestrels, 3 herons etc. Foreshore (high tide): 29 sanderling, 13 dunlin, 6 ringed plover, 3 GBB gulls.

Colour-ringed sanderling; G3WGBR, ringed at Sadgerði Harbour, Iceland (64.02.09 N 22.42.36 W) on 28/5/2013. Thanks to Jeroen Reneerkens for the speedy information!

Today’s visit completes 1 year of (more or less) weekly visits to sample invertebrates at the river marsh. A change in projects means that I’ll be visiting less frequently now, but it has been great to get to know this area well -highlights over the year have included bearded tit, garganey, purple heron, woodchat shrike, little stint, greenshank, red-throated diver, merlin, little egret, gadwall, pintail, mediterranean gull and (dead) barn owl!