Started at Fremington Creek, lots of skittish Redshank (one colour-ringed) with a lone Greenshank and a Little Egret. At the mouth of the creek a Spoonbill (with a yellow ring) was feeding.
Nearer Barnstaple I met a couple doing a bird survey to check on the effects that the new bridge has had on the birds of the river. It's the second year of the survey, and of course we couldn't find the Smew or the Goldeneye, but they did say they would return at high tide. I'm glad to see that the County Council is doing some on-going research into the effects of the bridge.
Not a lot on the way back to Braunton; 1/200 Golden Plover and about a dozen clockwork Sanderling!
At Velator Reserve this afternoon at least 2 Siskin seen with the mobile (and dispersed) Finch flock.
