Tuesday 24 August 2021

Today was another beautiful and calm sunny day. Louis started out ringing at the Obs and trapped a Garden Warbler, a White Wagtail and a House Martin. Whilst walking up from the LSA hut, Stuart finally saw his first Grey Wagtail of the year fly over the Withies. 

White Wagtail

The best birds of the day were seen at the Narrows with an busy high tide roost. The best were four Knots, a Bar-tailed Godwit and a juvenile Greenshank, There were also five Ringed Plovers, nine Purple Sandpipers, two Dunlins, two Whimbrels, 67 Curlews, 13 Redshanks, two Common Sandpipers and 39 Turnstones. A Mediterranean Gull flew past Solfach.

Mediterranean Gull
Greenshank
Greenshank and Knot

The Storm Petrel nets were opened in the evening but only one bird was ringed. It was a really clear sky and Jupiter and Saturn could be seen along with some shooting starts.



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