Several
hours of continuous, heavy rain at dawn delayed matters and the increasing wind
which gradually moved round to the WNW affected the numbers of birds heading
south but apart from that, a pretty similar day with 2,500+ Swifts and an
increased 1,300+ Sand Martins went through; waders were also a feature with
increased numbers of Whimbrel coming in and forming flocks on the Humber along
with Dunlin, Redshank and Curlew while a few Turnstone, Sanderling, Grey Plover
and really smart summer plumaged Black-tailed Godwit were also around.
Its probably not safe to put a race to this Dunlin but it stood out among the duller coloured C. a. schinzii birds surrounding it
One of the first juvenile Dunlin of the year
Grey Plover
Two Sanderling with two Dunlin
More Sanderling
Tried to string this into an Otter but no, its just a manky Seal!
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