Saturday 10 February 2024

Moving Meds

Adult Mediterranean Gull - Mudbank yesterday.

Off Mudbank today - 3 Mediterranean Gulls (adult and two second-winters), c350 Black-headed Gulls, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 Greenshank and 10 Great Crested Grebes.
Yesterday - 3 Mediterranean Gulls (two flew high upriver early on and an adult later in the day), 4 Canada Geese, 6 Red-breasted Mergansers, 6 Pintail, 14 Great Crested Grebes, 14 Wigeon, 1 female Goldeneye and 55 Shelducks.
Some time spent on local heathland over the last couple of days produced 7 Crossbills, c30 Snipe, 4 Dartford Warblers (including 2 singing males), 16 Lapwing distantly over, 1 Kestrel, 2 Yellowhammers, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 2 Grey Herons over and 1 Goshawk.


One of today's Meds with increased numbers of Black-headed Gulls.


Pale-bellied Brent Goose on the Imperial rugby ground yesterday. In with c90 Dark-bellied Brent Geese. Also - 14 Pied Wagtails there.

This strikingly pale Buzzard flew over Bystock yesterday. Not a bird I've seen locally before.


Linnet - one of c40+ on Orcombe Point today. Pretty quiet up there otherwise.


It's that time of year when the local Yellowhammers return to their breeding sites. This male was singing this morning, on Withycombe Raleigh Common.


Dartford Warbler - Withycombe Raleigh Common.

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