30th December 2010 Castle Water & Pett

Visited Castle Water and sat in the hide for 1.5 hrs, before moving onto Pett Level, but we had only been there a short period before thick fog rolled in. Following were seen:

Bittern 3-4 (Castle Water)

Little Egret 2

Dark Bellied Brent Goose c25 (Pett)

Pale Bellied Brent Goose 7 (Pett)

Red Breasted Goose 1 ad.(Pett)

White Fronted Goose c150 (Pett)

Teal c500 (Castle Water)

Wigeon 3000+

Marsh Harrier 2 (Pett)

Peregrine 1 juv (Pett)

Water Rail 2 (Castle Water)

Ruff 5 (Castle Water)

Black Tailed Godwit 2

Green Sandpiper 1 (Pett)

Dunlin 200 (Pett)

Redwing 30

Large numbers of Lapwings, Teal & Wigeon present on Castle Water

Large numbers of Wigeon were seen at Castle Water

Water Rail on Castle Water

Wigeon on Castle Water