A surprisingly good movement of Meadow Pipits west over Orcombe Point this morning with a small number grounded.
Orcombe Point from first light - 490+ Meadow Pipits, 4+ Yellow Wagtails, 2 Golden Plovers, 2+ Wheatears, 3 Stonechats, 4 Grey Wagtails, 15+ alba Wagtails, c20 Chiffchaffs, 4 Blackcaps, 7 Swallows, 1+ Goldcrest, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Sandwich Terns and 1 Common Scoter.
Mudbank - 15 Redshank, c50 Turnstones, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, 29 Black-tailed Godwits, 255+ Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Mediterranean Gull and 1 Reed Bunting over.
23/9 - 5 Eider off the seafront - 3 males and 2 females.
22/9 - Mudbank - 15 Redshank, 158 Pintail, 240+ Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose and 20 Great Crested Grebes.
21/9 - Mudbank - 8 Bar-tailed Godwits, c235 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Osprey, 2 Kingfishers, 15 Black-tailed Godwits, 9 Turnstones, 70+ Pintail, and 7 Redshank. A flock of at least 42 Cattle Egrets was with a cattle herd in fields behind Starcross.
Five Eider off the seafront on Monday.
Wigeon x Pintail hybrid - Mudbank.
Mediterranean Gull sightings are infrequent at the moment.
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