Willow Warblers! (Saturday 3rd August)

  Superb juvenile Willow Warbler

There must have been several 100 Willow Warblers on the peninsular today many of which were in the Long Pits area, along with many Common Whitethroats, Lesser Whitethroats, Reed & Sedge Warblers, 4 Pied Flycatchers, a Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Tree Pipits, some Yellow Wagtails and a juvenile Cuckoo.

Dengemarsh area including the Gully and Galloways, also had many Willow Warblers and Common Whitethroats, another Grasshopper Warbler and 8+ Wheatears.

 Juvenile Grasshopper Warbler

 Pied Flycatcher

 Juvenile Cuckoo

 3 Visits to the ARC saw at least 8 Wood Sandpipers still, 6 Common Sandpipers, 6 Dunlin, 5 Ruff, 3 Greenshank, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, a Redshank, 5 Garganey, 3 Little Gulls and 2 Great White Egrets plus all the usual birds.

 Common Sandpiper (From Dennis's picnic area)

A couple of visits to Burrowes saw another 6 Common Sandpipers, a Turnstone, 6 Great White Egrets and usual Common Terns.

Red-legged Partridge one of the scarcest birds on the peninsular now