Calm and warm again with the nets at Holland first thing
just producing baby Blackbirds and House Sparrows before a second walk through
the Irises around Hooking saw more Black-headed Gull chicks ringed along with
some Greylags, a Mallard and an Eider; a female Garganey was flushed out, a Tufted Duck was found on eggs and some
Teal and Shoveler ducklings were seen.
Walked
some of the northern census route in the afternoon where again, the waders were
the highlight with a Little Stint in
amongst 185 Knot, 112 Turnstone, 2 Golden Plover, 5 Bar-tailed Godwits, 15
Dunlin and 20 Sanderling – a combination of over summering non-breeders and
some returning birds. Other birds
included a Mealy Redpoll strangely feeding with a flock of Turnstone around the
edge of Trolla and at least 30 1st summer Arctic Terns with the
breeding birds around Bewan.
Fledgling Pied Wagtail
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