A day of fresh north-westerly winds and scattered cloud saw a good selection of waders present around the Narrows, with a good scattering of passerines inland. A handful of raptors seen during the day comprised two
Sparrowhawks and a
Kestrel. Wader numbers were again quite high, with most feeding on Solfach at high tide: 11
Ringed Plovers, two
Knots, a
Sanderling, four
Dunlins, one
Snipe, two
Whimbrels, 13
Curlews, three
Redshanks and 32
Turnstones were the final tallies. Hirundine movements consisted of one
Sand Martin, 47
Swallows and 36
House Martins, whilst some respectable passerine tallies included a single
Tree Pipit, 46
Meadow Pipits, one
Grey Wagtail, four
White Wagtail, 14
Robins, seven
Stonechats, nine
Wheatears, one
Blackcap, three
Chiffchaffs, one
Willow Warblers and six
Goldcrests.
juvenile Ringed Plover
Turnstone
No comments:
Post a Comment