I thought yesterday's count of
Little Egrets was good, but I was amazed to rack up a total of 64 feeding along the beach this morning. With them were two
Grey Herons, 41
Ringed Plovers, a
Sanderling, five
Turnstones, a
Redshank and an adult
Mediterranean Gull. Eight
Sandwich Terns ventured into the roost field. I started to walk the Gap but it wasn't long before the rain set in. This didn't put off a male
Firecrest from calling and eventually bursting into song near the playing field though, nor did it deter me from trying to cover some ground. This produced five
Whinchats, four
Wheatears, a female
Redstart, two
Whitethroats and two
Willow Warblers. Three of the Whinchats, the Redstart and two of the Wheatears formed an entertaining flock feeding right out in one of the fields in the rain. 23
Yellow Wagtails flew overhead, as did a
Pied Wagtail and four
Sand Martins and several
Swallows. Eventually I got soaked through and domestic duties called anyway, so called it a day before I'd managed to complete the circuit.
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