An horrendous morning with
gale force SW winds and hard, driving rain but it brightened up by lunchtime
and the wind dropped a bit allowing me to get out and about; there was a nice
arrival of late migrants scattered across the area including 8 Red-backed Shrikes (in addition to
the already settled pair), a good total of 28+
Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Icterine
Warblers, 3 Cuckoos and a Redwing at Groda.
Other birds were limited though with the Barnacle
Goose and 7 Wigeon still present, 14 Dunlin, a Whimbrel and a Common Sandpiper
around the coast and the first White-tailed
Eagle for a couple of weeks which flew past the lighthouse.
White-tailed Eagle
Managed to sneak up on this sleeping Red-breasted Merganser, he was a bit confused when I woke him up!
Good arrival of Spotted Flycatchers today
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