I carried out a rescheduled WeBS count at the Rhymney Estuary this morning [due to high tide being too early on Sunday]. -2 deg when I set out! Main highlight was c.1500 Redshank. Tide was very high with a lot of Green Point under water. Only other waders were 50 Dunlin. Otherwise 23 Teal, 22 Mallard, 13 Shelduck, a solitary drake Pintail, 6 Shoveler, 2 Buzzardss sitting on adjacent pylons, 4 Rock Pipits and a Meadow Pipit. At the Heliport Bay another 14 Pintail, 24 Shoveler and 18 Shelduck. Sun glare made ID-ing wildfowl offshore impossible – all just silhouettes.
Later at Cosmeston at around midday a Little Egret flew over the dipping pond and headed towards the coast.