Sunday 11 March 2018

Migrants

 
Migrants on Orcombe today included Wheatear, Firecrest, Stonechat, 6+ Snipe and 3+ Meadow Pipit. Also recorded - 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk and c100+ Jackdaw.
Mudbank had its migrants too - 1 Sandwich Tern, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Golden Plover, 1 or 2 Meadow Pipits and 3 Pale-bellied Brent Goose. Also recorded - 400+ Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 18 Bar-tailed Godwit, 60+ Turnstone, 14 Sanderling and a female Goldeneye.
 
 
Meadow Pipit on the dung heap.
 
 
 
Stonechat
 
 
Two of three Mediterranean Gulls off Mudbank
 
 
Sandwich Tern - Mudbank

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