Water levels are now very high following the torrential rain that brought the Slavonian grebes on Wednesday. Combined with the total lack of habitat management at the flash and high disturbance levels at weekends this results in virtually no shoreline available for ducks or waders. Yesterday, five pochard were new including four drakes, also two wigeon off what remains of the spit. The remnants of Ramsdales scrape held 20 teal and a female mandarin. Early on there was an Egyptian goose at the sailing club.
This morning I at last I caught up with the juvenile garganey which has been present but elusive since the week before I went to Barra. It wasn't particularly showy today, I occasionally got a glimpse as it moved through the vegetation on the flooded spit but most of the time it was out of view.
Also today, three of yesterdays five pochard were still present and at least one immature wigeon on the spit, but best of all, my first returning goldeneye of the autumn/winter.
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