Fox on the track to Hanson this morning
Birding around the peninsular has been very slow in the last couple of days. On the reserve up to 3 Ruff, 2 Greenshanks, 8 Redshanks, 6 Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 10 Dunlin, singles of Common and Green Sandpiper, 6 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 seemingly resident Little Gulls and up to 4 Garganey among the 100s each of Pochards, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Mallard and Coot. The Common Terns are now fledging and seem to have been fairly successful.
As is usual on the peninsular every July 1,000s of Sand Martins are passing through, also a few Swifts and Yellow Wagtails.
The Patch is still not working so Gull numbers are very poor, though along the walk to The patch there are lots of young Meadow Pipits and House Sparrows with a some Wheatears and Black Redstarts.
Hopefully in the next couple of weeks sea watching will start to be a little more rewarding.
14.00-15.30 from the board walk with JTM and AJG who collated the numbers:
Great-crested Grebe: 1W
Gannet: 11WMediterranean Gull: 2E
Sandwich Tern: 5W
Common Tern: 12W
Sand Martin: 219 out
Ringed Plover at Firth yesterday evening
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Firth this evening
The first Small Phoenix to make it into my trap
Blackneck a regular visitor to the trap
A Buff Arches a regular but gorgeous visitor to my trap
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