Golden Plover was the star bird today I started with a count of 240 birds but by mid-afternoon it was up to 450 which is the highest count since the 1990's! It was a lovely day so they looked particularly good in the sunshine.
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| Golden Plover and Lapwing |
Otherwise the lagoon was much the same as earlier in the week with a single drake Pochard and 3 Pintail the only wildfowl of note.
Early afternoon the Lesser Black-backed Gulls started to arrive, and continued to do so until dark, I estimated 1200 at dusk with 11 Herring Gulls and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls.
There were still plenty of Fieldfare about, initially I estimated about 700 feeding on hawthorns around the dam but more birds started to arrive from the east and my final total was around 1100.
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| Fieldfare |
The Starlings were disappointing as they flew in low and went straight in to the reed beds so it was difficult to keep track of the numbers but I think 10,000 to 12,000, so a bit lower than recent days.
A Chiffchaff called for a while by the dam and I don't suppose there will be many more now.
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