December 13th 2023
With Chris shopping in Southend, I made the most of the trip with a visit to the end of the Pier, train there and back naturally these days.
It was on a rising tide and the 1st train out was 10.30a.m, having got caught out a while back, they only run from Wednesday to Sunday.
Just short of 2 hours out there produced a few nice birds, I wasn’t expecting lots of activity with the wind direction, but it still produced a few goodies, nonetheless.
A nice surprise was 2 immature Shags at the end of the Pier favouring the Med Gull posts, can’t recall the last time I saw one here. Watched these for a while, don’t often get the chance to see them this well.
Moving to the upper level over a 90-minute period produced the following birds of note:
2 Great Northern Divers
Red Throated Diver
4 Kittiwake
Razorbill
12 Mediterranean Gulls
4 Great Crested Grebes
144 Turnstone at roost
A good visit, another on New Years Day may be in order.
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