Three Greater White-Fronted Geese were with Greylag Geese on the roadside flash between Cloughton and Burniston, later moving to Cloughton Pond. Two Common Buzzard over Cloughton. A Short-Eared Owl at Seamer Tip and 30 Linnet and 10 Reed Bunting on the eastern side of the tip. A Great White Egret and two Little Egret at Seamer Mead. 16 Redwing in Pasture Lane, Seamer. Monthly WeBS core count highlights at Seamer Road Mere: One Goosander, five Little Grebe, 47 Mallard, 44 Tufted Duck, 18 Gadwall, two Goldeneye, 52 Moorhen, 50 Coot (one sitting in nest) and one Water Rail. Only 13 Mute Swans (lowest winter count at this site). A drake Goosander at Throxenby Mere.
Drake Goosander at Throxenby Mere by Martin Moseley.