GEDSER - 13th August

Unfortunately the wind reverted back to pre-yesterday levels limiting what we could do through the morning but the much reduced catch of 28 new birds did include the first stunning Wryneck of the autumn along with some common migrants probably left over from yesterday’s arrival.   There were 2 Red-backed Shrikes in the garden with a re-trap juvenile from two days ago and a new, unringed adult male; there wasn’t too much overhead either with a juvenile Marsh Harrier the pick.

                An hour’s look from the point (1300-1400) produced an Osprey heading south, low over the sea, 3 Black-throated Divers which landed on the sea, 3 Shoveler, 4 Teal and a single Wigeon south, 10 Common Scoter, 83 Eiders, 24 Sandwich Terns, 3 Arctic Terns, 39 Common Terns, 2 Common Sandpipers and 3 Swifts.

                Bøtø was much quieter than two days ago during a brief look in the afternoon with a distant Red Kite the only new thing of note with a similar spread of waders just in smaller numbers; there was plenty of raptor activity in the windy conditions with numerous Marsh Harriers, White-tailed Eagles and Buzzards floating around the fields.

 

No such thing as too many Wryneck pictures!

Osprey heading south

Red-backed Shrike

Juvenile White Wagtail