A really good looking day,
dry after rain overnight with a light SE wind and overcast throughout; there
was a nice bit of variety in the nets (although numbers are still very low)
with an Icterine Warbler, 2
Redstarts, 2 Tree Pipits, 2 very young Whitethroats which must have just
fledged from a very late nest somewhere, a Garden Warbler and a Lesser
Whitethroat. The rest of the morning
was pretty quiet with 2 Bonxies offshore, 16 Crossbills overhead and 10+ Yellow
Wagtails dotted around.
Wader numbers were much reduced around the coast with
180 Dunlin and 105 Redshank the main species along with single Little Stint and
Spotted Redshank; also out there was a juvenile Little Gull which went south past Steinodden, 5 Pintail in Sevika
and the Goshawk still hunting out along the shore. Inland totals included 27 Whinchats, 10 Tree
Pipits, 3 Redstarts, 4 Red-backed Shrikes (still local breeding birds) and a
couple each of Spotted and Pied Flycatchers.
Redstart
I thought I got abnormally close to this Sparrowhawk
Then I could seen that she was probably blind in one eye, in other words a pirate!
Little Gull
Turnstone having a scratch
This Green Sandpiper was watching a Sparrowhawk in a tree so intently that he didn't even notice me as I strolled up to him!
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