19th July
The Winter's Pond area provided a few highlights on today's visit,with 5 Common Sandpiper,4 Avocet,11 Knot & 52 Black-tailed Godwit being recorded along the shoreline and the surrounding area.
Most of the attention was focussed around the Skitter area today with some decent numbers of birds being recorded,with highlights including 7 Common Sandpiper,16 Dunlin,4 Little Egret,Grey Plover,30 Avocet and a juvenile Peregrine causing mayhem for a while as it mobbed and chased the Gulls around the Haven.
Along the sea wall,5 Yellow and 7 Pied Wagtail were watched chasing after their fly lunches.while 2 lovely juvenile Wheatear also took advantage of this abundant food source.
25th July
At Winter's for the first couple of hours of light,it was pretty productive,with 7 Whimbrel flying south west,8 Avocet flying south along the estuary,2 Common Sandpiper along the shore,81 Sand Martin heading south,49 Redshank along the shore and 2 first records for the year in the form of a sub-adult Yellow-legged Gull heading north along the estuary and 2 immature Spoonbills heading south.The latter,were no doubt part of the flock that has been residing at Alkborough Flats further west.
Along the seawall towards the Skitter,22 Yellow & 5 Pied Wagtail were watched as on the 19th,taking full advantage of the profusion of flying insects,also along here,another 2 Whimbrel were watched,including a cracking juvenile.
At the Skitter,3 Common Sandpiper,22 Lapwing,6 Golden Plover,Knot,Bar-tailed Godwit and 3 Little Egret were recorded.
It was great to see Able have erected some signs attempting to deter the local idiots on motor bikes from riding around the floodbank etc,but unfortunately it hasn't worked.I'm hoping the continued police prescence will end up with the culprits being caught.
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| One Of The Juvenile Wheatear From The 19th |
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| Peacock Butterfly,Winter's Pond,19th. |
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| The Immature Spoonbill's Heading South Over Winter's Pond On The 25th. |
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