Sunday, 4 September 2016

GEDSER - 4th September

Fairly light but continuous rain right through the morning prevented any ringing so I headed over for a look at Bøtø where waders included single Temminck’s Stint and Little Stint with 9 Dunlin, 7 Spotted Redshank, 3 Wood Sandpipers, a Greenshank, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, 6 Ringed Plovers and 20 Snipe while a good flock of 60 Bar-tailed Godwits went over high to the west.   Ducks included 2 Pintail and a Garganey in with 262 Teal, 30 Wigeon and 76 Gadwall while other birds seen in the drizzle included a Great White Egret and several Water Rails.

                The rain eased off by midday so I got some nets open but perhaps predictably there was little in the garden and I managed 10 new birds in a few hours including 2 Tree Pipits; that was about it for the day really with a couple of Swifts overhead and 2 or 3 Sparrowhawks whizzing around.
 
German (probably) ringed Black-headed Gull on the harbour wall

Danish (probably) ringed Herring Gull also on the harbour wall

Musk Beetle, Aromia moschata

Great Green Bush Cricket, Tettigonia viridissima
 

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