Another good walk round Minsmere from first thing produced the highlights of a Glossy Ibis showing well from North Hide (been there a couple of days) and a slightly frustrating BEE-EATER which I heard calling when I was just about to enter the woods by West Hide but despite running back out into the open I couldn’t for the life of me get a glimpse of it – apparently it flew high west over the site offices.
There was a very different feel to the place from last time (about two weeks ago) as the vast majority of the terns had left – only c60 Commons and a handful of Sandwich remaining (all the Little Terns have gone) and there were obvious increases in Teal and Snipe; totals comprised 75+ Gadwall, the first two returning Wigeon, 175+ Teal, 125+ Avocets, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, single Whimbrel, Golden Plover and Bar-tailed Godwits, 120 Black-tailed Godwits, 9 Ruff, 65 Dunlin, 30 Snipe, 7 Common Sandpipers, 7 Green Sandpipers, 14 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 7 Little Gulls, 3 Spoonbills which flew south over the scrapes, a Kingfisher and 3 Lesser Whitethroats amongst other warbler scattered around, some of which may have been migrants.
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