Sunday, 12 May 2024

A brisk southerly wind with clear skies developed into thick fog during the evening. A Bar-tailed Godwit was on the South End with 12 Turnstones through east. A Grey Wagtail went high north over Nant late afternoon with a Starling on the School House and five Spotted Flycatchers around the Island including one trapped at Cristin. Lesser Redpolls are still on the move with 48 logged with most flocks going high south.

Other birds included a Grey Heron, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, six Ringed Plovers, three Dunlins, a Curlew, eight Whimbrels, a Turnstone, a Feral Pigeon, three Collared Doves, two Sand Martins, 23 Swallows, nine House Martins, 17 Stonechats, 15 Wheatears, eight Sedge Warblers, a Whitethroats, two Blackcaps, eight Willow Warblers, eight Chiffchaffs, two Rooks, two Chaffinches, 32 Goldfinches and two Siskins

Lesser Redpoll © Ed Betteridge

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