A rushed circuit of the Gap from dawn was my first opportunity to get to the patch for some days so I was keen to make the most of it.
Yellow Wagtails were moving, with 22 logged mostly going west into the light breeze, and shortly before I had to go a
Tree Pipit called overhead. The northwest corner held a
Lesser Whitethroat (patch tick for me - at last!), a
Garden Warbler and three
Willow Warblers. A
Wheatear was near the pumping station, and five
Whitethroats and two
Blackcaps were noted. Two
Sand Martins and 14
Swallows flew through. Five
Teal flew west along the beach and counts there and in the roost field (now active, given the season and its fresh, disturbed condition) included 25
Turnstones, three
Sanderlings, a
Dunlin, an adult summer
Grey Plover, 15
Ringed Plovers, 14
Oystercatchers, seven
Little Egrets, a
Mediterranean Gull and nine
Common Gulls.
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| Teal |
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| Wheatear |
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| black rabbit - bonus patch tick! |
