Red-throated diver and (approximately) 225 common scoter off Oxwich Point this morning. Sea too choppy for accurate count – they were closer to the point yesterday. Also 20+ guillemot, 6 shag (with Paul Tyrell).
On the marsh waterfowl included 52 teal (my highest count of the year), 23 mallard, 14 gadwall, 6 shoveler, kingfisher. 25 snipe yesterday. Flyover redpoll and a flock of siskin present. 3 tawny owl males calling around the edges of the marsh yesterday morning pre-dawn.
Marsh tit (3) in Oxwich Woods.
On the beach 17 ringed plover and 43 oystercatcher (yesterday), with 3 great crested grebe close inshore.