Not a bad day, sunny with
the NW wind remaining on the moderate side; birds on the sea first thing
included a lingering Bonxie chasing Gulls, 2 Goldeneye, a Red-throated Diver
and a Kittiwake with 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 7 Curlew, 3 Whimbrel, 3 Greenshank
and 2 Teal around Vågsvollvåien through the morning. The coast was then quieter than recently as
waders just included 2 Common Sandpipers, 5 Green Sandpipers, 5 Whimbrel a
single Dunlin and 2 Greenshank.
A walk late afternoon produced a few bits with presumably
the same adult Little Stint reappearing in Vågsvollvika and a very worn and
pale looking 1st summer female Merlin which caught a Swallow in
Gunnarsmyra (slightly unseasonal) the highlights along with a Wood Sandpiper, a nice family group of
4 Whinchat fledglings on the edge of Lebeltet where there was also at least 3
Wrynecks and the original Red-backed Shrike family still.
Little Stint
Merlin
The Lebeltet Red-backed Shrikes are growing up quickly!
Worryingly seen quite a few Slinky Minky's around over the last few days including three together yesterday, this one was in Verevegan today. This one hasn't got a very prominent white chin patch - an immature?
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