What happened to the gales that were supposed to lash our region today?? After the dissapointing outcome to the weather, the hoped for wind blown scarcety never happened. The best on offer was an adult male Merlin that was chasing Fieldfare at the west end. The Golden Plover flock has increased to 473 also Dunlin have increased to 5. There seems to have been a big clear out of Great Crested Grebe with 35 counted compared to 105 on Monday. The escaped Speckled Teal was again amongst 410 Teal, see photo below for those of you who wonder what it looks like. A female Goosander flew west this morning and an adult Yellow-legged Gull was in the gull roost.