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orcombe point, mudbank and other stuff
Friday 26 July 2024
Little Terns
Saturday 20 July 2024
Guess Who's Back! (pm edit)
Friday 19 July 2024
Juv YLG
Yesterday I had a quick look off Shelly Beach but the light was awful. No sign of any Rosys but 16+ Turnstones, 6 Eider, 11+ Common Terns, c60+ Sandwich Terns and a Mediterranean Gull were logged. Nearby - 5 Black-tailed Godwits and 2 Mediterranean Gulls off Mudbank.
The third-summer Yellow-legged Gull is presumably the bird I had a few days ago. It didn't exactly stand out in the harsh afternoon sun.
Monday 15 July 2024
Wigeon
Friday 12 July 2024
3s YLG
Thursday 11 July 2024
Silver-studded Blues
Female Silver-studded Blue.
A male Cirl Bunting, the male Nightjar and a Green Sandpiper on Bicton Common this afternoon, whilst looking for Silver-studded Blues.
Yesterday off the seafront - a quick and early look produced a summer-plumaged Great Northern Diver, 5 Common Scoters and 2 Mute Swans.
Tuesday - Mudbank - a female-type Shoveler, 14+ Sandwich Terns, 3 Mediterranean Gulls, 15 Whimbrel and 2 Great Crested Grebes. Off Shelly Beach - 6 Mediterranean Gulls, 33 Sandwich Terns and the 6 Eiders.
Small Heath.
This male Cirl Bunting is still on Bicton Common. No sign of any juveniles yet...