Today's sightings
Little Gull passage A flock of 17 to 23 flew off the estuary near to Frampton with Black-headed Gulls and headed NNE at 1330. They may have carried on migrating. At 1345 an adult was feed [...]
Little Gull passage
A flock of 17 to 23 flew off the estuary near to Frampton with Black-headed Gulls and headed NNE at 1330. They may have carried on migrating. At 1345 an adult was feeding with Black-headed Gulls over the 100 Acre reedbed and hedge. At 1425 a further 5 adults were also feeding over the centre/South Lake and car park with BHG. They appeared to drift off NNE. At least two Mediterranean Gulls also left South Lake and headed NNE.
Avocets
At least ten are present in our recording area. A pair came in on the scrapes and I watched them copulating and nest scaping together at two sites. A Water Vole survey party moved them from the Rushy in the morning and the pair were on the South Lake until 1300 at least. The rest of the birds, 8 in total remained on a mud shelf over high tide near Saul Warth.
Holden Tower/Middle Point
Curlew 130 (larger numbers here today as Horse riding event at Saul Warth)
Falcon sp ? Gyr/Saker type 1
Cackling Canada Goose out on the estuary
Barnacle Geese 120+
Golden Plover 2
Lapwing 30
Ruff 6
South Lake
Avocets 2
Great Crested Grebe 2
Shoveler 45
Gadwall 40
Teal 40
Zeiss Hide
Water Rail a pair
Black-tailed Godwit 87 (five first summers and a few in full breeding plumage now)
Redshank 8
Ruff 1
Rushy
Lesser Scaup 1 female early on until Water Vole survey party went through.
Plus
At least 12 Chiffchaff and 2 Blackcaps singing today
