A dry day with a freshening west wind, some sunny spells.
South Shore (Malcolm) 08:00 - 09:30
Grey Wagtail 1 on Red Nab
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| Grey Wagtail |
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| Young Pied Wagtail along the sea wall |
Whimbrel 1
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| Whimbrel between the outfalls |
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| Curlew, having a bad hair day! |
Common Sandpiper 1
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| A solitary Redshank |
Rock Pipit 2 - one trying to chase the Grey Wagtail from Red Nab and one on the lower tiers of the wooden jetty
Mediterranean gull at least 20 including 4 2nd calendar year and 3 3rd calendar year
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| Mediterranean gull coming in to land with other Meds and Black-Headed gulls |
Osprey 1 it arrived at 09:00, marked by all the gulls lifting off the beach
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| All the gulls that were on the shore took to the air. |
I was on my way back by this time, I didn't see it catch anything while I was there.
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| Still three chicks on the far platform |
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| And one on the middle platform, you can just see it sheltering from the wind behind the box. There is always an adult keeping and eye on it. |
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| One of two Little Egret |
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| Peregrine Falcon being chased by gulls |
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| Not a great shot, but it does suggest juvenile plumage |
I returned to watch the tide reach Red Nab, this normally allows a more accurate count of Meds. But as soon as the gulls began gathering two Peregrine buzzed them and lifted everything except the large gulls. After this happened twice, both the gulls first, then I, gave up.
Curlew 150+ in three flocks from the north side, only one of the flocks landed on Red Nab, but c130 lifted when the Peregrines zipped past. So at least 200 altogether.
In the Nature Park
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| Young Dunnock |
Red Admiral 4
Common Blue 2
Large White 2
Comma 1
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| Red Admiral |
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| Comma |
Imperial Rd (Malcolm)
A quick check after leaving Red Nab early.
Buzzard 1
Kestrel 1
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| Buzzard, being mobbed by a Kestrel and a gull |
The only warbler heard singing was a Cetti's warbler
No sign of any Stonechats
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| One of two Moorhen chicks seen, there were likely more |
Green-Veined White 8
Meadow Brown 3
Common Blue 2
