Today was the last full day of the Uni Students Week; we would all like to say a big thank you to The West Midlands Bird Club, The Welsh Ornithological Society and British Birds for sponsoring the week. I think all involved would agree it was a huge success!
The week ended with a bang; a north-easterly wind mixed with light rain showers
in the morning resulted in a good fall of migrants mainly on the South End.
This included two Grasshopper Warblers, a Ring Ouzel,
a Whitethroat, 59 Blackcaps, 92 Willow Warblers and
10 Chiffchaffs.
Also seen today was a male Pied Flycatcher at Cristin, a Twite
over the North End, a Tree Pipit over Cristin and the South
End, a Sandwich Tern over the Narrows and a Red-throated
Diver pass the South End.
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Grasshopper Warbler © Ed Betteridge |
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Sandwich Tern © Steve Stansfield |
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Ring Ouzel © Steve Stansfield |
Other birds today included a Grey Heron, six Common Scoters, 54 Whimbrels, 6 Purple Sandpipers, a Merlin, two Common Sandpipers, a Black-headed Gull, six Common Gulls, four Collared Doves, nine Sand Martins, 43 Swallows, 2 House Martins, seven White Wagtails, 22 Wheatears, a Song Thrush, a Sedge Warbler, a Rook, a Hooded Crow and three Lesser Redpolls.
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Blackcap on the South End rocks © Ed Betteridge |
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Migrant hunting © Steve Stansfield |
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