A day of real
quality! The wind was in the NE so it
felt pretty good and it kept the fog away; I opened the nets at Holland first
thing where the Bee-eater was still cruising round the garden and managed to
catch a female Red-backed Shrike, the lingering male Hawfinch, a female Pied Flycatcher, the long overdue first Redstart of the year and a Willow Warbler. There were then 3 more Pied Flycatchers
round the Obs.
I finally got up to start the north census route but
soon shot up to Bewan where we had great views of a stunning full adult ROSE-COLOURED
STARLING strutting around with the
sheep by Bewan House – poached! My
actual census route was quiet but with some good birds thrown in with an
elusive Marsh Warbler along Rosefinch Dyke (which I
initially called a Blyth’s Reed but subsequent photos proved the ID), a
stunning, classic male Grey-headed Wagtail in fields by Vincoin (much
nicer than that intergrade thing at Brides earlier in the spring!) and the
first 2 Curlew Sandpipers of the year (Trolla and Bewan) – both summer
plumaged adults with a selection of Sanderling, Knot, Dunlin etc.
Rose-coloured Starling
Grey-headed Wagtail
Curlew Sandpiper and Dunlin
Dunlin and Sanderling
Knot
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