Even at this time of year, every day is different and migration is definitely starting. Today's highlights were the dramatic sight of an adult
Hobby bolting in to seize a
House Sparrow from the rough field, and a calling
Treecreeper at the very seaward end of the Plantation which I eventually tracked down to photograph. 10
Mediterranean Gulls included two juveniles, while two
Common Gulls were an adult and a 2CY. Three
Teal, two
Grey Herons and 13
Little Egrets were on the beach. Waders comprised three
of both
Whimbrel and
Oystercatcher, as well as singles of
Ringed Plover,
Dunlin and
Redshank. Two
Lesser Black-backed Gulls tracked east over land and just four
Gannets and seven
Sandwich Terns were offshore (the sea was still very dead!). Nine
Swallows and three
Swifts flew through.
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| Treecreeper just inches from the shingle beach! |
