Wednesday 10 July 2024

 It was a wet and windy start to the day, with driving misty rain that felt like it would never stop owing to changing forecasts, but come the evening the weather cleared up into beautiful sunshine. 

The highlights of the day were a Cuckoo bombing it south over the Wetlands, and five Black-headed Gulls, with a first-year bird looping above Solfach and four adults around the North End. Wader passage continues, with 22 Curlews, a Redshank, seven Turnstones and a bumper count of 11 Common Sandpipers were seen. The breeding Ringed Plovers remain on the Narrows, alert and showing signs of attempting a second brood while the colour-ringed juvenile from their first brood is still hanging around. 

Juvenile Black-headed Gull over Solfach © Kate Fox

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