GEDSER - 21st July

A quieter day but still sunny with a brisk easterly breeze; the nets produced 2 Marsh Warblers, 5 Icterine Warblers, another juvenile Black Redstart and 2 Redstarts amongst 34 birds caught.   A party of 6 Crossbills flew through and a couple of Whimbrel went over.

                The Point was very quiet in the afternoon so a little drive up to Bøtø produced a Wood Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, the pair of Cranes, a few Marsh Harriers and some Red-necked Grebes.

 

Redstart

Black Redstart

Very small baby Whitethroat

These Red-necked Grebes were on a smallish pool by a shopping centre just north of Bøtø where I saw one sitting on a nest back in 2014 but there were no chicks here this year

There were however plenty of ducklings around with 6-7 broods of Tufted Ducks of various sizes 

and one brood of well grown Pochards accompanying this female