It is high tide during daylight hours on Saturday so I head to town for my urban River Hull Wetland Bird survey count. This involves a commitment to a monthly survey, with emphasis on the winter months. My target birds today are Redshank and Curlew. I soon find the Redshank (61). It is very cold and drizzly, with a southwesterly wind and they are roosting by the old mooring site of the Arctic Corsair, well sheltered, I count 15. The big surprise is a bird I flush on the little saltmarsh by Myton Bridge, a Rock Pipit! (62). It sits on the groynes for a few minutes and despite the awful light conditions and the rain, I manage some photos. There is no sign of Curlew or Dunlin, which have been seen by The Deep earlier in the year.
Rock Pipit.
Redshank roost.
And a Redshank that didn't want to roost.
Moorhen by the barges.
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