Yellow-browed warbler (Steve Culley)Highlight of the week was a Yellow-browed Warbler that turned up on the 28th. This visitor from Siberia is a first for the reserve. It disappeared on the 29th in the windy conditions but re-appeared in the same place with a Firecrest the following day. Then on the December 1st two Firecrests were seen together all in the same bushes again with the Yellow-browed, which is still present on 3rd December

The drake Common Scoter was seen again on the 23rd.

On the 27th, a Brent Goose was hanging around the Wigeon on the estuary.

An Adult Mediterranean Gull was on the deep lagoon on the 28th. Three Whooper Swans were on the estuary too that morning.

Other top birds include a couple of Chough flying over on the 30th and again on 3rd December.  A female Merlin was also seen on 30th.