Andy Butler, Jon Lowes & Ray Scally
Notable sightings today included three skeins of Pink-footed Geese, all going generally northeast – 60 at 8.20am, 68 at 8.40am and 50 at 9.20am.
Duck numbers were largely unchanged but included 40 Shoveler,
2 Gadwall, 5 Wigeon, 4 Pintail and 10 Goosander.
Waders were thin on the ground, but 15 Snipe dropped
in at 10.20am and were thought to be incoming migrants rather than birds flushed from nearby. A Golden Plover then
circled the lagoon a couple of times at 10.45am, calling frequently, but didn’t
appear to land.
Snipe (Andy Butler)
A minimum of 6 Chiffchaffs were the only evidence of lingering
summer migrants.
Evidence that winter is just around the corner came by way
of a Brambling calling at the north end along with up to c37 Redwings.
Not much else by way of visible migration, and it’s
difficult to know what are local birds and what are migrants, but 4 Jay,
2 Redpoll, c17 Siskin and 21 Mistle Thrush were recorded.
Mistle Thrush (Ray Scally)
Grey Wagtail (Ray Scally)
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