I searched the harbour and the spit for yesterday's white wingers, wanting to confirm ID - but there was no sign of them. I was surprised to see what appears to be a gadwall off the river spit.....
.....and can't quite believe it's the real thing. After all, a pintail drake turned up here a couple of years back and seemed to take up with a mallard; we saw some young later on the pond that were very approachable and looked as though they might be hybrids. I don't know if gadwall hybridise but since learning about viking gulls, I don't trust anything! Also present: Two dunlin, four turnstone, and a pair of common sandpipers.
