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Author: | David Cohen [ Tue Aug 04, 2015 8:16 pm ] |
Post subject: | Out and about over the last few days |
01 August: RSPB Freiston Reserve Reasonable numbers of waders over the morning's high tide - mainly Oycs, Knot, Dunlin and Redshank with a single Curlew Sandpiper. The Reservoir was nearly dry but had a few Dunlin, LRP juvenile, single Knot and a couple of Black-tailed Godwits. A juvenile Marsh Harrier drifted overhead. Frampton had Golden Plover x 10, Whimbrel x 6, single Greenshank, a Ringed Plover with 3 very small young and a Little Stint. Looking out over the salt marsh in the afternoon produced SEO x 3, Marsh Harrier x 6, Kestrel x 8 and a female Sparrowhawk. 02 August: High tide at Gib produced thousands of waders - mainly Knot, Dunlin, Oycs, Bat-tailed Godwits and Turnstone, with smaller numbers of Grey and Golden Plovers, Sanderling and Whimbrel. There were c 50 Sandwich Terns, 10 Common and two Little plus 4 Arctic Skuas. There were three Turtle Doves in the scrub around Mill Hill, a single Spoonbill on Jacksons and singles of Spotted Redshank, Whimbrel and Greenshank on Tennysons. Called in at LWT Kirkby Pit on the way home and found an Avocet with 2 young, 2 LRP's with 1 young, a Marsh Harrier female plus two juveniles, a Tufted Duck with 7 small young and a brief Kingfisher. 04 August: Alkborough Flats produced: Spoonbill x 5 Avocet x 100+ Snipe x 10 Little Gull adult Redshank x 25 Barnacle Goose x 300+ Black TG x 30 Curlew x 70 Spotted Redshank Greenshank Apologies for late post. David Cohen |
Author: | Katherine Birkett [ Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:14 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Out and about over the last few days |
David Cohen wrote: High tide at Gib produced thousands of waders - mainly Knot, Dunlin, Oycs, Bat-tailed Godwits Do we need to get the BBRC onto the underlined species? |
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