Saturday, 30 May 2015

30th May


Beautiful and calm first thing but that didn’t last long as a strong north-westerly soon sprang up; the nets were quiet with just a few more Redpolls and Siskins to catch while the brief look at the sea that I had just produced 3 Arctic Skuas.   The pair of Red-backed Shrikes in Lebeltet were looking cosy with some mate-feeding going on while the Wryneck sang nearby before a walk round the coast was unremarkable with a single Whimbrel the only migrant wader and an increase in ducks the only thing of note as there were 97 Eider and 34 Mallard counted.
 

Red-backed Shrikes - the female calling just before and the male just after he fed her, I missed the actual feeding of course - too slow!

Willow Warbler
 

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