The seven Pale-bellied Brent Geese showed well off Mudbank today having been seen off there yesterday and off the Warren the day before. All adults and all early movers.
A little more migrant action on Orcombe today with 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5+ Yellow Wagtails, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Willow Warblers, c30+ House Martins, 1 Sand Martin and c20+ Swallows logged. Also - 3 Skylarks, c20/30+ Linnets, 7 Chiffchaffs, juvenile Peregrine, 1 Blackcap and the female Cirl Bunting again collecting food.
Mudbank was decent too with the 7 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, the adult Osprey again spending ages on its favourite perch (a big lump of netting/crab pot on Cockle Sands), 1 Little Tern, 1 Greenshank, 3 Redshank, 1 juvenile Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 2 Wigeon, 3 Turnstones, 1 Dunlin, 6 Canada Geese, 28+ Little Egrets, 2 Grey Herons, 6 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Teal, 1 Whimbrel and 2+ Sandwich Terns.
Yesterday off Mudbank - 7 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 4+ Common Terns, c60 Teal, 3 Wigeon and c10+ Sandwich Terns.
23/8 - a quick look from Maer Rocks first thing - 12 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Little Egret, 1 or 2 Arctic Skuas, 12+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls (south), 2 Manx Shearwaters, 1 Balearic Shearwater and 2 Sandwich Terns. Off Mudbank - 1 Osprey, 2 Redshank, 21 Little Egrets, 2 Teal, 1 Sandwich Tern, 5 Great Crested Grebes and 2 Turnstones.
One of at least five Yellow Wagtails drawn in by cattle this morning. If previous summers are anything to go by the numbers should quickly build (we've had up to a hundred in the past) and there are likely to be birds present now for the next few weeks, moving between the cow herds. Fingers crossed...
As far as I can tell, the local Peregrines managed to fledge just this one bird but it's very active and usually makes several appearances on my morning rounds.
The regular Osprey.
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