In thick fog, the beach finally hosted a decent wader this morning, with a juvenile
Little Stint keeping company with two
Dunlin, 32
Sanderlings, 35
Ringed Plovers and 25
Turnstones before being flushed by a metal detectorist. Two
Golden Plovers dropped into the rost field. Overhead movement was hindered by the fog but by early afternoon a
Rock Pipits - my second patch tick of the day - had flown west, while over vismig figures included 25
Meadow Pipits, 18
Pied/White Wagtails and two
Rooks. On the ground was a male
Stonechat, two
Blackcaps, 13
Chiffchaffs, two
Goldcrests, 13
Skylarks a
Song Thrush, along with 20
Robins. The
Treecreeper was heard in the Plantation and a
Jackdaw flew over. A
Wigeon and eight
Teal alighted just off the beach, while offshore three
Dark-bellied Brent Geese, six
Common Scoters, 12
Gannets and 25
Cormorants flew past. 19
Little Egrets, 17
Oystercatchers, a 2CY
Lesser Black-backed Gull and eight
Mediterranean Gulls were also logged.
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| Little Stint |
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| Dark-bellied Brent Geese |
