An incredible day for the patch today! The star of the show was a Bar-tailed Godwit that John saw fly in at c.6:45 and stayed until c.8:20. That would have been good enough really, but by that time John had already seen a Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpipers, a Common Tern go through, a Mistle Thrush and a Little Grebe and Adrian T had found a female Whinchat!
There was obviously an increase in warblers too, with c.10 Sedge Warblers noted and a few more Lesser Whitethroat. Several extra observers obviously helped with the day's sightings, with Steve and Mark seeing Swift over and finding a Wheatear in the cattle field and Sandra and Adrian B finding a female Redstart. The chats were elusive, but they were all seen again at least once more later on through the morning.
The Dunlin stayed till the evening (despite a lot of human activity through the day), with at least 2 of the Common Sandpipers and 2 Yellow Wagtails.
Some late news from Friday 29th of a male Brambling that stopped in briefly on the western perimeter fence and dropped down to drink before flying off again, reported by one of the dog walkers (John).
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| Photos courtesy and copyright of JFT |
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